BRIDGET | A-line midi dress with keyhole neckline

I kept waiting for it to cling somewhere and it never did.

There is a particular disappointment in a dress that looks soft on the hanger and then settles against your stomach the moment you sit down in it. You learn to do the test in the fitting room mirror, sitting rather than standing, and most of them fail it. Bridget was ordered with that expectation and did not do it.

The skirt is A-line and pleated, so the fabric leaves the waist in folds rather than lying flat against it, and the pleats keep moving as you walk instead of settling in one place. The keyhole at the neck opens the collarbone without opening anything else, which is most of the reason it works as well at a graduation as it does at dinner. The midi length ends below the knee.

Why women our age keep coming back to it

• Pleats that hide the sitting-down problem. The folds carry the fabric away from the waist, so the middle is skimmed rather than outlined when you sit at a table.
• A neckline that opens without exposing. The keyhole shows the collarbone and nothing below it, which is the line most women are happy to show at any age.
• Movement that does the work for you. The A-line swings as you walk, so the dress looks considered while you are doing nothing but crossing a room.
• Below the knee, where it should be. The midi length covers the knee itself, so you can sit in it without arranging anything first.

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How it fits

It runs true to size from XS through 2XL and is comfortable through the waist and hip. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one, because the pleats need room to fall properly and a size too small pulls them flat. The return is free if you guess wrong.

30 days to change your mind

You have 30 days from the day it arrives to send it back for a full refund. No restocking fee, no questions.

A few recent reviews

Wore it to my granddaughter's graduation and sat through two hours of it comfortably.
Opal F., Tempe

The keyhole is small and tasteful, which was my worry before ordering.
Cecile D., 59

I took the XS and it still had room through the middle. That is rare for me.
Trudy A., Prescott