Kelly Chase Couture style 26-645 is a floor-length strapless gown cut from printed organza jacquard, and the print is the whole story: a soft, painterly watercolor floral washed across the cloth in sage green and celadon, lavender and plum, blush, ivory and a low champagne shimmer, so the gown reads as a sage green floral dress from across a room rather than as a busy print. The neckline runs straight across the bust but sits on a slight diagonal, rising a little higher on one side; the bodice is draped and pleated on the diagonal in wide organza folds that gather into a fan of pleats low on one hip, and from that hip a cascading tiered side ruffle falls the length of the skirt to the hem. The skirt is fitted through the hip and thigh and releases below the knee into a mermaid gowns flare with a light sweep at the back. The back is straight across and fully closed over a concealed center-back zipper, and there is no slit, no beading and no applique anywhere on the gown, which puts it squarely among Jan's clean, no-glitz gowns and its strapless formal dresses. Offered in the pastel floral colorway in sizes 0 through 28, with sizes 18 through 28 carrying the designer's 20 percent surcharge, it is a natural choice for mother-of-the-bride and mother-of-the-groom dresses, a rehearsal dinner, wedding guest dresses and guest-of dresses at a spring or garden wedding, charity event and gala gowns, military ball gowns, debutante gowns evenings, bar and bat mitzvah mom dresses and grandmother of the bride dresses. Browse the full Kelly Chase Couture collection, more best-selling evening and cocktail dresses, and the same silhouettes in plus size formal dresses and evening dresses in plus sizes.
See 26-645 in person at Jan's Boutique, 406 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 - about fifteen minutes from Center City Philadelphia over the Ben Franklin Bridge, and an easy drive from Moorestown, Marlton, Voorhees, Haddonfield, Mount Laurel, Princeton, Wilmington, the Jersey Shore and Main Line Pennsylvania. Jan's is 13,000 square feet with more than 50 dressing rooms and over 15,000 dresses on the floor, and a gown built like this one is worth trying on rather than guessing at: an asymmetric strapless neckline has to sit level and stay put when you raise a glass, diagonal pleating has to break at your natural waist, the fan of pleats and the cascading ruffle have to start on the fuller side of your body or the whole line reads lopsided, and a mermaid skirt has to release at your knee and be hemmed to the exact heel you plan to wear. Our in-house alterations department handles all of that on site, and because clothing is not taxed at Jan's Boutique, the price on the tag is the price you pay. Call 856-428-8181 to check current stock and delivery timing, book a fitting appointment, or read more About Jan's before you visit.
