Ruffles and tiers have a proportion problem and most dresses don’t solve it. Too much volume in the wrong place and the whole thing reads costumey, or worse, it adds bulk where you least want it. The dresses in this collection are the ones that get the balance right. Tiers that fall cleanly. Ruffles that move rather than just sit there. The kind of dress that looks like it has personality without demanding that you perform alongside it. We’ve been particularly drawn to styles where the ruffle detail is concentrated at the hem or sleeve rather than across the entire body, because that restraint is what makes them actually wearable. These work for weddings, garden parties, summer dinners, any occasion where you want to look considered without looking like you tried too hard. Floaty without being formless. Feminine without being fussy. The tiered ruffle dress done the way it always should have been.