Black lace usually comes with a catch — either it clings everywhere, or it shows more than you agreed to!

Just imagine a lace dress that falls loose from the chest down and stops below the knee, with velvet bands running across it so the sheer panels never sit anywhere revealing. Now stop imagining. Tiered ruffles give the hem real movement, and the whole thing goes on in one motion — one dress, one pair of shoes, and the evening is handled.

• Sheer, Placed Carefully
  The open floral lace is broken up by solid bands at the bust, waist and hem. You get all the delicacy of lace with the coverage placed exactly where you want it.
• Skims The Middle
  The tiers fall away from the chest rather than following the waist. Nothing traces the stomach, and nothing needs holding in for three hours.
• Movement At The Hem
  Ruffled tiers finish below the knee and swing as you walk. The hem lands at the narrowest part of the leg, which lifts the whole line of you.
• Cool In A Crowded Room
  Open lace lets air move through it. A warm restaurant in the second hour is exactly when you will be glad of that.
• Relaxed Cut, S To XL
  The fit is relaxed and falls from the chest, so take your usual size. If you prefer more room through the hip, the next size up changes nothing about how it hangs above the waist.

So no clinging and no second-guessing what the lace is showing. Just a black dress that is ready before you are — and that gets asked for again every time there is somewhere to go.