Kendall Maxi Dress black-floral-dress The Marissa is a blue

The Marissa is a blue formal dress that runs a straight strapless neckline into a slim column of pale blue covered in trailing green stems and white blooms

so nothing competes

Knife-thin folds run shoulder to hem in pale buttercream

It is a lot of dress that somehow behaves

Kendall Maxi Dress black-floral-dress The Marissa is a blueBrown is not the obvious color for a caftan, which is exactly why the Kendall works. Wrap construction holds the shape through the middle, then lets the rest of the fabric go where it wants. A wrap keeps a loose cut from turning shapeless, so there is a waist when you want one and room when you do not. The length runs long, which is where this silhouette earns its keep. It handles heat, dinner and the walk home in the same breath.