Kelly Chase Couture style 26-655 is a floor-length Kelly Chase Couture pink tweed dress cut as a narrow straight column, and the cloth is the reason to see it in person: a rose-pink tweed shot through with crimson slubs and fine metallic thread, so the dress reads soft blush from across a room and catches the light like hammered rose gold up close. The bodice is sleeveless with wide shoulder straps and a V neckline in front, princess-seamed through the waist and closed straight across a high back over a concealed center zipper, with no cutout and no keyhole to manage while you host. A single dimensional flower in deep wine sits at the left shoulder where the strap meets the V, and from it a hand-applied vine of velvety red petals and leaves runs the whole length of the left side, over the rib cage and hip and down the skirt to the hem, so the eye travels one long vertical line instead of a horizontal one. A left-side walking slit opens through the narrow skirt and is faced in contrasting wine that flashes only when you step. Shown in the Pink/Red colorway and made to order in sizes 0 through 28, 26-655 is a mother of the bride and mother of the groom dress first, and an equally strong answer for a black-tie wedding you are attending as a guest, a charity gala or benefit, a bar or bat mitzvah, a military ball, a debutante presentation or a milestone anniversary. Wear it with nude or rose-metallic heels, a garnet or wine clutch and either drop earrings or one wide cuff, because the applique is the jewelry. See it beside our other straight and sheath formal dresses and our best-selling evening and cocktail dresses, and note that the same straight column is cut through evening plus sizes and our wider plus size range, including the grandmother of the bride fittings we do every week.
Kelly Chase Couture is made to order and cut to your measurements, which is exactly the kind of dress you should not buy from a photograph. Come try 26-655 on at Jan's Boutique, 406 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034: 13,000 square feet, 50 dressing rooms and more than 15,000 dresses in stock, about 20 minutes from Center City Philadelphia and an easy drive from Princeton, the Jersey Shore, Wilmington, Bucks County, the Main Line, Staten Island and New York. Clothing is tax-free in New Jersey, so the ticket price is the price you pay. Our master seamstresses work on site and keep every part of the fit in house: setting the strap so it sits level on your shoulder, breaking the applique vine over your own rib cage and hip, taking the column in at the waist without pulling the tweed off grain, setting the slit to your stride, and hemming to the exact heel you will wear. Standard delivery is 14 weeks, rush delivery is 8 to 10 weeks for $800 or under 8 weeks for $1,200, and sizes 18 through 28 carry a 20% surcharge. Call 856-428-8181 or book an appointment and we will have 26-655 and a rail of alternates ready when you walk in.
