{"product_id":"shelia-summer-floral-dress","title":"Shelia | Summer Floral Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA print with somewhere to go, on a dress with the room to let it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things go wrong with a big graphic print above a size 18. The first is scale: most prints are laid out for the sample size and then simply stretched across the larger pattern pieces, so the flowers arrive on your body half a size too big and the repeat lands where nobody planned it, with a blossom cut in half at the side seam and a stem running straight into the underarm. The second is placement. An even allover repeat on a wide panel gives the eye nothing to travel along, so every panel reads the same width from shoulder to hem. And on a white ground there is a third: the seam allowances, the pocket bags and the yoke facing all sit underneath as a second layer and print through as faint shadow lines in daylight, in a way they never do on a dark cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eShelia Summer Floral Dress\u003c\/strong\u003e uses a placed print rather than a repeat. The orchids are drawn at one fixed size and arranged deliberately: a dense cluster across the chest and one shoulder, a looser cascade of stems and buds down one side of the skirt, and a single large leaf motif low at the opposite hem. The scale does not change with the size you order, and the layout gives the eye a diagonal to follow instead of a flat wall of pattern. The plain white ground between the clusters is part of the design, not leftover space. The cocoon cut carries that layout: widest at the hip, with the yoke seam under the bust releasing two soft inverted pleats, and a dolman sleeve cut in one with the body so no armhole seam crosses a blossom or sits on the widest part of your arm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlaced print at a fixed scale:\u003c\/strong\u003e the flowers stay the same size whether you order M or 4XL, rather than stretching with the pattern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeliberate asymmetric layout:\u003c\/strong\u003e the shoulder cluster and the cascade down one side give the eye a diagonal to follow across the width.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge areas of plain ground left empty:\u003c\/strong\u003e the print has room to read instead of crowding every panel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYoke seam under the bust with released pleats:\u003c\/strong\u003e the fullness starts high and falls past the middle rather than beginning below it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDolman sleeves cut in one with the body:\u003c\/strong\u003e no armhole seam cutting through the print or gripping the upper arm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn-seam pockets within the cocoon width:\u003c\/strong\u003e they hang inside the shape rather than being pulled open at the hip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFit note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenerous by design, and the volume is the cut rather than a sizing accident. Your usual size gives the intended shape; size up only for a wider, lower hem. This is a white ground on a matte summer weave, so internal seams and pocket bags can read faintly through in strong daylight and underwear in a tone close to your skin will sit better than white. The cloth creases the way a dry summer weave does and the folds drop out between wears. Hem at mid-calf. Sizes M to 4XL.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curve Queen","offers":[{"title":"White \/ M","offer_id":58383450177919,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ L","offer_id":58383450210687,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ XL","offer_id":58383450243455,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 2XL","offer_id":58383450276223,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 3XL","offer_id":58383450308991,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 4XL","offer_id":58383485731199,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1026\/2305\/2159\/files\/ChatGPT_Image_7_sep_2026_20_01_31.png?v=1788804105","url":"https:\/\/curve-queen.com\/products\/shelia-summer-floral-dress","provider":"Curve Queen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}