Velvet Mini Dress Design with AI

Cloth to ask your mill for

Silk and viscose velvet

Typical weight

150 to 220 g/m²

Drape

Soft

Stretch

None

Breathability

Low

Warmth

Warm

Care

Dry clean

How common

A classic pairing

Typical cloth price

$12-40/yard

Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.

Typical length

75 to 90 cm, from the high point of the shoulder

Defining details

Above-the-knee hem, shift or fitted shape, neckline and sleeve as the focus

Cloth needed

about 1.4 to 2.0 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $18 to $87 of cloth at typical prices

Typical figures for an adult size M. The pattern tier is set from the real piece count when you order.

Cut into mini dresses, it skims rather than clings, and gathers, pleats and wrap fronts settle without stiffness.

Cut short, a soft cloth keeps a relaxed line without much movement at the hem.

It wears warm, which places it in autumn and winter collections.

The finished piece is usually labelled dry clean only.

The pile crushes under pressure and where it is sat on, and it marks when pressed flat, so it is steamed rather than ironed.

Velvet is a woven cloth with a short, dense cut pile that gives it depth and a soft hand. It is made in cotton, in silk and viscose blends, and as a stretch velvet knitted with elastane.

Silk and viscose velvets for eveningwear are a speciality of mills in France and Italy; cotton velvets are made widely.

Velvet pieces are usually lined in a smooth fabric so the pile does not catch on what is underneath.

Cut every piece with the pile running the same way, sew with a walking foot and press face down on a needle board.

The pile deepens dark shades, and the same color looks lighter or darker depending on the direction of the nap.

It has a soft sheen that shows the folds without glare.

A mini dress in silk and viscose velvet, 150 to 220 g/m², with a soft drape and a soft sheen surface, for autumn and winter.