A sleeveless black dress is an easy yes, but a sleeved one is often the smarter choice. It handles the office without a blazer on top. It works in a cold restaurant when everyone else is shivering. It photographs with more intention, more shape, more something to actually look at. We think sleeves on a black dress are genuinely underrated and we’ve made the case for them with this edit. Long sleeves, three quarter sleeves, sleek fitted options and some that are more dramatic about it. All of them black, which means the sleeve becomes the whole point of the outfit rather than a detail you barely notice. We’ve been particularly drawn to the ones where the fabric moves well and the fit through the body stays sharp. A great sleeved black dress removes entire categories of outfit anxiety from your life. That is not a small thing. That is the whole argument.