Giada Mini Dress - Pale Blue

Pale blue, short and plain: the Giada Mini Dress is the kind of dress that gets worn far more often than it gets thought about.

The neckline drops into a V. The shoulder straps tie closed at the top rather than sliding through a buckle, so the height of the bodice is a decision you make each time you put it on. The back closes with an invisible zip finished by a hook and eye clasp, which keeps that seam reading as a seam and nothing more. It is cut in linen and comes lined.

Mini length in a pale colour reads as daylight, so start it there: lunch, a walk, a warm afternoon with nothing scheduled after it. A flat sandal is right, and a heel moves the whole thing to dinner without any other change being needed. This is a mini dress that takes direction well and asks very little in return.