MAVIS | High neck maxi dress

No safety pin, no scarf, no checking myself in the mirror all night.

There is a whole category of dress you own and do not wear, because the neckline needs managing. It gapes when you lean forward, or it sits low enough that you add a scarf and then spend the evening adjusting the scarf. After enough of those you stop buying anything with an open neck at all.

Mavis closes at the throat. The high neckline sits flat and stays where it is put, which removes the one thing that makes an evening dress tiring to wear. Below it, the cut is slim and follows the line of the body to a full maxi length, so the shape is doing the work that jewelry and a scarf were doing before.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• A neckline that needs nothing. The high neck is closed and stays closed, so there is no gaping when you lean over a table and nothing to hold in place.
• The shape is the decoration. A clean high neck and a long line mean the dress looks finished on its own, without a necklace you then have to choose.
• Full length, evening and out. The maxi hem covers the leg entirely, which makes it right for an evening event without being formal enough to feel like a costume.
• It starts at XS. The slim cut is available small, which is unusual in long dresses and useful if most maxis swim on you.

Buy more, save more

• Buy 2 items, save 10 percent
• Buy 3 items, save 15 percent
• Buy 4 items, save 20 percent

The discount is applied automatically at checkout.

How it fits

This one is cut slim rather than loose, sizes XS through 2XL, so it sits closer to the body than most of what we carry. That makes the size decision matter more here than usual: if you are between two sizes, take the larger one, and if you prefer clothes that skim rather than follow, take the larger one regardless.

30 days to change your mind

A slim cut is worth trying on at home rather than guessing. Thirty days for a full refund, no restocking fee.

A few recent reviews

The high neck is the whole reason I bought it and it did exactly what I hoped.
Lurline D., Tempe

It is closer fitting than I usually wear. I went a size up and it was right.
Pauline O., 63

Finally a long dress that comes in XS without being cut for a teenager.
Roslyn F., Prescott