Short Dresses

Short dresses and mini dresses for women

A short dress is the one you can wear with tights and boots in one season and bare legs and sandals in the next. Forcast short and mini dresses come in tweed shifts, wrap dresses, pleated minis, sleeveless styles and knit. Most are cut to be worn to work as readily as to brunch or a night out.

Find the right short dress

Shift dresses such as the Linda Tweed Shift Dress have a straight, structured line and are the most office-ready of the range. Wrap styles, including the Penny Long Sleeve Wrap Dress, define the waist and suit most shapes. Pleated and flared minis have more movement and are the ones to pick for an evening, while sleeveless styles are made for summer and for layering under a blazer the rest of the year. A vest dress reads as tailored and works well with a shirt underneath.

Fabric and fit

Tweed has texture and holds a shape. Knit stretches and stays comfortable through a long day, and crossover and wrap fronts adjust to you rather than the other way around. A short dress sits above the knee; if you want the option of a longer hem, a midi dress is the next step. Check your measurements against the size guide if you are between sizes.

How to wear it

For the office, a short dress works with opaque tights, a blazer and a closed shoe. In cold weather, add knee-high boots and a coat from outerwear. For a night out, keep the dress plain and add a heel and a pair of earrings. On weekends, flat sandals or sneakers are all a mini dress needs.

How to shop it

Storefront sizes are Australian sizes, and the product page shows the local equivalent beside each one. Standard shipping to the United States is USD 14.99, free on orders over USD 150, with delivery in three to nine business days; duties, import taxes and tax are added at checkout rather than on delivery. If you are building a work wardrobe around one of these, the work dresses edit shows what else goes with the same shoes and jackets, and workwear covers the rest of the week.