The Idelle Maxi Dress

Cobbled streets, an early dinner, the walk back in the last of the light. A dress for the slow part of summer.

A crossover bodice gathers into a relaxed column, with soft dolman sleeves and a stripe that runs vertical through the body then turns at the hem. Parker & Bennett looks for this kind of unhurried line.

The Details

• Wraps across the front, easy through waist and hip
• A light, dry weave with an unstructured fall
• Directional stripe, vertical above, banded at the hem
• Flat sandals by day, a wedge at night

For the woman who packs one dress and wears it three ways. It travels flat and asks nothing of an iron.

A straw basket and a bare shoulder line.