The Demetrios Evening A128 is a floor-length navy mikado gown built on a one-shoulder neckline and a trumpet silhouette, and it is the dress to reach for when you want architecture instead of sparkle. The bodice is gathered into soft horizontal pleats that wrap the rib cage and waist, cut away to a single bare shoulder on one side while a sculpted mikado drape folds over the other and cascades loose down the back like a built-in sash. Tonal beaded floral applique is embroidered along that drape and again across the natural waist and hip, where the pleating releases into a clean seamed skirt that flares below the knee and finishes in a sweep train. The back is closed and high with a concealed center zipper, so there is no slit and no open back to manage through a long ceremony, a receiving line or a first dance. Mikado is the reason this one photographs the way it does: it is a heavier, structured weave that holds a sharp fold and a smooth column where crepe or chiffon would cling, so the pleats stay crisp and the train keeps its shape all evening. A128 comes in Navy, Black, Pink, Olive and Purple and is available in sizes 0 through 28, with manufacturer size surcharges of $150 on sizes 18 to 22 and $200 on sizes 24 to 28. It reads beautifully as a mother of the bride or mother of the groom dress, and just as well for a black-tie wedding guest, a gala or charity event, or any evening with a dress code. Browse the rest of the Demetrios Evening collection, more one-shoulder formal dresses, the mermaid and trumpet gowns, the beaded formal dresses, our clean, no-glitz styles, and evening dresses in extended sizes.
See A128 in person at Jan's Boutique, 406 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 - about 15 minutes from Center City Philadelphia and an easy drive from Delaware County, the Main Line, Bucks and Montgomery counties, all of South Jersey, Wilmington and New Castle County. Our 13,000 square foot showroom holds more than 15,000 dresses in sizes 000 to 26 across 50 dressing rooms, and we have dressed mothers, grandmothers and wedding guests throughout the Delaware Valley since 1974. A structured mikado gown like this one is worth trying on rather than guessing at online: the pleated bodice and the one-shoulder drape are fitted to your shoulder line, and the train length is set by your heel height, both of which our on-site professional alterations department handles in house. Jan's Boutique charges no sales tax on clothing or alterations, which for out-of-state shoppers often covers the drive over the bridge. Call 856-428-8181 or book an appointment to try A128 in navy and see the other colorways in person, and while you are here look through our guest-of dresses, grandmother of the bride styles, best-selling evening and cocktail gowns and plus size special occasion dresses.
