Maxi Dresses and Skirts: Editors' Picks

Maxi Dresses and Skirts: Editors' Picks

These are the Emilio Pucci Jumpsuit picks worth your time, chosen on construction rather than on how often they appear online. Lining is what stops a cheap fabric reading as cheap.

Why this comes up

These are the Emilio Pucci Jumpsuit picks worth your time, chosen on construction rather than on how often they appear online. Lining is what stops a cheap fabric reading as cheap. Check where the waist seam sits on the model against your own proportions. A dress that fits the shoulders can be taken in anywhere else. One that does not, cannot. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What actually decides it

What decides this is shoulder fit, length and how the fabric moves. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: MATTERS's Celeste White Dress at $950, and A.L.C.'s Aliana Scarf Print Midi Dress at $695. The first is the considered buy; the second is the one to start with. Lining is what stops a cheap fabric reading as cheap. Check where the waist seam sits on the model against your own proportions. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

How to wear it

A belt turns a shapeless dress into a deliberate one. Let the dress be the loudest thing you own that day. From the second group, Suzie Kondi's Demi Dress in Raw Silk ($975) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller and deliberately narrower, dresses, for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

Our honest take

There are 20 dresses here from 13 brands, $415 to $5990, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. Black Halo's Kacie Two Piece Maxi at $415 is the low-risk way in, and Oscar de la Renta's Floral Appliqué Chrysanthemum Guipure Gown at $5990 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. On emilio pucci jumpsuit specifically: the difference between the top and the bottom of this list is real but smaller than the price gap suggests. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: if you would not buy it at full price, you do not want it on sale.