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Square Neck Maxi Dress with High Slit

£99.95

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Bold and self-assured: You enjoy the occasional big entrance and carry it off beautifully.
Head-turning presence: This dress draws admiring looks the moment you walk in.
Glamorous and free: You feel striking, confident and ready to dance all night.

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For nights that call for a proper entrance. This formal maxi dress has a clean square neckline on wide straps and a softly ruched bodice that follows your shape. A high leg slit, edged with a cascading ruffle, opens as you walk, and the open back adds a final flourish when you turn round.

Style: fitted formal maxi dress.

Neckline: square neckline.

Straps: wide shoulder straps.

Bodice: softly ruched.

Skirt: high leg slit edged with a cascading ruffle.

Back: open back.

Length: maxi, to the floor.

Size	UK	EU	US
XS	UK 6	EU 34	US 2
S	UK 8	EU 36	US 4
M	UK 10	EU 38	US 6
L	UK 12	EU 40	US 8
XL	UK 14	EU 42	US 10

The UK, EU and US columns are the usual equivalents for each size label. If you are between two sizes, choose the larger one.

Delivery options and costs are shown at checkout, before you pay, so you always know what you are paying for.

Full details in our Shipping policy.

Changed your mind? You have 14 days from delivery to let us know, then another 14 days to send the items back.

How it works and what is covered: see our Refund policy.

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Make an entrance you will remember

Every so often an invitation arrives that deserves something special. This is the dress for it. You walk into the room and heads turn, not because you are trying too hard, but because the clean lines and that dramatic slit simply look magnificent. You feel tall, confident and utterly sure of yourself. All evening you carry that glow, laughing with friends, posing for photos and enjoying every minute of being the best dressed version of you.

Fitted, yet free to stride

The ruched bodice holds you neatly and smoothly through the middle, and the wide straps stay put so you never have to tug at them. Below, the slit gives your legs plenty of freedom: you can stride across a ballroom, climb stairs or dance without the skirt holding you back. The ruffle swings softly with each step, so the dress looks alive as you move rather than stiff and static.

Galas, balls and black-tie dinners

This is your answer to the black-tie invitation: a charity gala, a summer ball, a milestone birthday dinner or an evening wedding reception. Pair it with strappy heeled sandals, statement earrings and a small clutch, and keep everything else simple. When the music starts you will be glad of that slit, and when the photos come back you will be glad you said yes to something this glamorous. Some invitations deserve it.

Your questions about this piece

Take your usual UK size: the size guide shows the UK, EU and US equivalent for each label, from UK 6 to UK 14. The cut is fitted, so if you are between two sizes, choose the larger one.

The slit opens high on the leg, so it shows as you walk and sit. If you prefer a little more cover, a slip short or seamless shapewear underneath keeps you comfortable.

Your order is prepared within 24 to 48 hours, then delivered in 8 to 15 days; costs and the free-delivery threshold are shown in your basket. You have 14 days from delivery to return it.

Polished, comfortable, in UK sizes

We choose pieces that look polished and feel comfortable from the first wear: boots for wet pavements, knits for chilly mornings, dresses for the days that matter.

Sizes are given in UK measurements, payment is secure, and if something is not quite right, you have 14 days to send it back.

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