Odense Shirt Dress

Product Details

The Odense Shirt Dress is a statement piece with special details made in a luminescent print design and a classic nutmeg shade. This long length, sheer shirt dress features a traditional collar and is delivered with a jersey slip underneath that finishes at the knee. The beautiful balloon style sleeve has fine, stitched pintuck details on the upper arm that provide gentle, billowing gathers and is finished with a fixed cuff. The back has a cleverly-designed yoke with gathers for a soft and comfortable finish. This dress can be worn as a beautiful standalone piece, or worn open as a jacket for a layering option with handy side pockets.

• Features pin tuck details on upper arm of sleeve
• Sheer viscose chiffon shirt dress
• Includes layering jersey slip
• Traditional shirt collar
• Waist seam with gathers on skirt for volume
• Great layering piece
• Sustainably forested viscose

Material

100% Viscose

Lightweight and breathable, this fabric features a textured surface while remaining soft to the touch and is well suited to trans-seasonal wear. It is a sheer fabric with a lovely hand feel and nice, fluid movement.

We are working with not-for-profit organisation Canopy to ensure that all our forest-based fabrics are responsibly sourced from sustainable forestry and preference those with a green shirt ranking according to the most current CanopyStyle Hot Button Report. Our partnership with Canopy includes a commitment to ensure all of our viscose products have not been sourced from ancient and endangered forests. Our traceability systems confirm the viscose fibres in this garment are from green shirt rated producers.

Viscose fibres are renewable and biodegradable. 

Maker

This garment was designed in Melbourne by the ELK team and made by Tongxiang Jimmy Fashions in China. Jimmy has worked with us since 2010 making both woven and knitted apparel. Jimmy is actively working with us to make workplace improvements to ensure the factory is safe and compliant.  

The factory is signed up to Sedex, and undertakes regular SMETA social compliance audits.  

Size and Fit

This sheer shirt dress is delivered with an easy fitting, knee length, stretchy jersey slip. The dress is designed to float and feel like a loose, sheer dress the drapes and moves as you do. We recommend taking your usual size however for a neater fit the key fit points to check are across the shoulder, bust and waist.

All garments are measured flat (not on body) and then doubled (except the length) to calculate the total circumference. To work out what size will suit you best, flat measure an item that fits you well and use this as a guide. Please contact us if you have any questions or need more information.

Approximate bust measurements:
6: 44cm
8: 46.5cm
10: 49cm
12: 51.5cm
14: 54cm
16: 56.5cm
18: 59cm
20: 61cm

Approximate waist measurement:
6: 38.5cm
8: 41cm
10: 43.5cm
12: 46cm
14: 48.5cm
16: 51cm
18: 53.5cm
20: 56cm

Approximate shoulder to shoulder measurement:
6: 37.5cm
8: 38.75cm
10: 40cm
12: 41.25cm
14: 42.5cm
16: 43.75cm
18: 45cm
20: 46.25cm

Approximate length measurement:
6: 128cm
8: 129cm
10: 130cm
12: 131cm
14: 132cm
16: 133cm
18: 134cm
20: 135cm

Model Measurements

Our model Chiara wears the Odense Shirt Dress in Nutmeg measures:
Height: 176 cm
Bust: 89 cm
Waist: 70 cm
Hips: 97 cm
She is wearing a size 8

Care Instructions

• Hand wash
• Do not bleach
• Do not tumble dry
• Cool iron
• Dry cleanable
• Green dry cleaning preferred
• Cold hand wash using eco-friendly detergents
• Do not soak, rub, wring or spin dry
• Drip dry in shade
• Cool iron on reverse