Virginia White Lace V-Neck Maxi Dress

The Virginia Maxi Dress is a white lace dress at full length with a V-neck, which is a combination that tends to get read as bridal whether or not you intend it. On a warm evening it is simply a long white dress with an open neckline, and that is enough.

Lace is the fabric of the dress, and white lace shows its pattern more clearly than any other colour, so the texture is visible from a distance rather than only up close. The V-neck breaks up the expanse of white at the top and narrows the line of the bodice, while the maxi length lets the lace fall in one continuous drop to the floor. There is nothing extra layered over it.

Wear this white lace maxi dress to a rehearsal dinner, a summer engagement party, a civil ceremony, or a holiday evening where a long dress feels right. Nude or metallic sandals keep the hem from fighting the footwear. A little colour in the lips or a coloured earring stops the outfit going entirely monochrome, and hair worn loose softens the V-neck.