Blue and Black Dresses by Length
Short, midi, and long, the site’s three main length hubs, cover the broad categories, but shoppers search in much more specific terms: tea length, high-low, mid-calf. Each term below gets its own page because the colour-block proportion, how much of the dress a black bodice or panel visually occupies, changes more than the length names suggest.
Midi already has its own full hub elsewhere on this site, linked below rather than duplicated here.
At a glance
- Shorter lengths (mini, mid-thigh, above the knee): a black bodice reads as a much larger share of the visible dress
- Midi-range lengths (calf, tea, mid-calf): the hardest lengths to size correctly from a listing photo alone
- Long lengths (ankle, floor, maxi): a black bodice reads as a much smaller share of the visible dress
Browse by length
Mini
Mini sits at the shortest end of the length spectrum, closer to mid-thigh than to the knee. At this length the…
Mid-Thigh Length
Mid-thigh length is essentially another name for the shortest end of the mini range, though listings use the t…
Above the Knee
Above the knee is the broadest of the short-length terms, covering anywhere from just above the kneecap to sev…
Knee-Length
Knee-length ends at or right around the kneecap, the most conservative of the short-length terms and the natur…
Below the Knee
Below the knee marks the start of the midi range on this site, longer than knee-length but shorter than a true…
Calf Length
Calf length falls roughly at the midpoint of the calf, longer than below-the-knee but short of tea length. It'…
Mid-Calf Length
Mid-calf length is close enough to calf length that the two terms are often used interchangeably by retailers,…
Tea Length
Tea length traditionally falls between calf length and the ankle, a vintage-influenced length name that's seei…
High-Low
High-low is the one length on this page that isn't a single measurement: the hem is shorter in front and longe…
Ankle Length
Ankle length falls just short of the floor, long enough to read as formal but short enough to show the shoe. I…
Floor Length
Floor length is the most formal length on this site, meant to graze or nearly touch the ground. It's also the …
Maxi
Maxi is the more casual sibling of floor length, floor-skimming but usually made from a lighter, more relaxed …