Bias Cut Velvet Empire Waist Midi Dress - OEM

The Amari Dress from Rixo in a rich bordeaux velvet, based on the brand's best-selling Clarice dress but with the design of this season's Ursula top, cut in the signature bias shape with underbust seams and a tie front so you can adjust the V-neck, listed at 275 GBP with two of four sizes in stock. It is worth beginning with something the run can now state more firmly than it could before, because there is a second garment to compare it against. The pit to pit runs 40, 43, 46 and 49 centimetres, which is identical to the centimetre to the bust measurement of another Rixo dress published alongside this one in the same batch. It is worth saying why those two cannot both be right. The other dress has a wide scoop neck, long flared sleeves, no fastening at all and a fitted silhouette. This one has a V-neck with a tie, cap sleeves, a concealed side zip, an empire waist and underbust seams. Different neckline, different closure, different sleeves, different waist construction, and the same four bust numbers. That is not two independent measurements; it is one block applied twice. It is worth then turning to the one measurement this dress actually needs, which is not on the chart. The dress has an empire waist and underbust seams, so the circumference that decides whether it fits is the one under the bust. The chart measures the bust above it and the total length below it, and nothing else. It is worth closing on the fibre panel, because it does something no other page in this run has done and the result is odd. It lists two materials separately: a main fabric of 81 per cent viscose and 19 per cent silk, and a lace of 81 per cent cotton and 19 per cent polyamide. And lace appears nowhere else on the page. Not in the description, not in the bullets, not in a caption. The only place this dress admits to having lace on it is the fibre panel. The reference is the Amari Dress. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable dresses on OEM and ODM terms, from velvet and print development to retail or FBA ready packing. We publish this as a development reference and build your own version of it, and we do not supply the branded original or reproduce anyone else's label.

Key Features

• A bust chart identical to the centimetre to another Rixo dress with a completely different construction. See the note below
• An empire waist and underbust seams, with no underbust measurement published. See the note below
• A composition panel listing a lace that appears nowhere else on the page. See the note below
• Cap sleeves at 12 cm, frozen across all four sizes, which is the one frozen column in this run that is correct. See the note below
• An adjustable neck tie as stated, with no range given for how far the V opens or closes. See the note below
• A total length grading evenly at 1 cm per size, against another Rixo dress in the same batch frozen across all four. See the note below
• 81% viscose and 19% silk velvet as stated, with no weight and no pile height given. See the note below

Customisable Options

• Cloth: a viscose and silk velvet to the reference, with the weight in grams per square metre stated, or a silk velvet, or a polyester velvet, or a viscose velvet, or a crushed velvet, or a velvet with stretch, each quoted separately
• Lace: a cotton and polyamide lace to the reference, with the lace type, width and placement stated, or a cotton lace, or a nylon lace, or a corded lace, or no lace at all, each quoted separately
• Waist: an empire waist with underbust seams to the reference, with the underbust circumference measured and published, or a natural waist seam, or a dropped waist, or a drawstring under the bust, each quoted separately
• Neck: a V-neck with an adjustable tie to the reference, with the range of the opening stated and the tie length given, or a fixed V-neck, or a sweetheart neck, or a high neck, each quoted separately
• Sleeve: cap sleeves to the reference at 12 cm, held across the sizes, or a short sleeve, or a long sleeve, or a sleeveless bodice, each quoted separately
• Closure: a concealed zip fastening at the side to the reference, with the zip length stated, or a concealed back zip, or an exposed zip, or a button placket, each quoted separately
• Cloth weight, pile height, lace type, width and placement, underbust and waist circumference, hip and hem circumference, neck opening range, tie length, zip length, shoulder width, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling

Specifications

Size Chart as Published by the Reference

The pit to pit figures are flat half measures taken with the dress laid down, doubling to 80, 86, 92 and 98 cm around, or 31.50, 33.86, 36.22 and 38.58 in, which is identical to the centimetre to another Rixo dress published alongside this one. Against bodies of roughly 33 to 39 in, the ease runs from about -1.50 in at a UK 8 to about -0.42 in at a UK 14. The dress is bias cut, which is what makes negative ease wearable without a stretch fibre, and it has a concealed side zip, so the negative ease is less load bearing here than on a dress that slips on. The sleeve is a cap sleeve at 12 cm and is correctly frozen at every size, since a cap sleeve is a fixed detail rather than a body dimension. The total length grades evenly at 1 cm per size. No underbust circumference, no waist, no hip and no hem circumference is published, though the dress has an empire waist and underbust seams.

Our Proposed Body Chart

Occasions and Styling

Suits occasions, evenings and parties. A velvet empire waist midi with cap sleeves is an autumn and winter event dress.

Production and Quality Control

The reference publishes three measurements for all four sizes, grades its bust and its total length perfectly, names its cloth, its cut, its neckline and its adjustability, its sleeve type, its waist construction and its underbust seams, its closure with its location, its lining, its lining, gives a two part composition panel covering the main fabric and a trim separately, states its care, gives a model and a size, states the country of manufacture and names the style number, and carries eight bullets. It gives no cloth weight, no pile height, no neck opening range, no tie length, no zip length, no underbust circumference, no waist, no hip, no hem circumference, no shoulder width, no lace width, type or placement, no opacity statement, no size conversion and no certification, and its model height is given without a unit. Three things follow: a bust chart shared with a structurally different dress, an empire waist with no underbust measurement, and a composition panel that names a material the rest of the page has never heard of.

Forty, forty three, forty six, forty nine, and that is the first thing, and it is worth saying what makes this different from the other shared charts this run has found. This run has met shared measurements before: two garments on different pages sharing a 60 centimetre figure, and three garments from one brand sharing 42, 43.5, 45, 46.5 and 48. Those were all alike in shape, so a shared block was at least arguable. Here the run has something better, which is a controlled comparison. Another Rixo dress published alongside this one in the same batch, from the same brand, in the same size range, has a bust of 40, 43, 46 and 49. Identical to the centimetre. And the two dresses are not alike. The other one has a wide scoop neck, long sleeves with a flare, no fastening at all and a fitted silhouette. This one has a V-neck with a tie, cap sleeves, a concealed side zip, an empire waist and underbust seams. Different neckline, different closure, different sleeves, different waist construction, and the same four numbers. It is worth saying what that means, because it is not a coincidence and it is not a rounding artefact. It is one block applied to two garments. It is worth then noting that the page half admits it, which this run has not seen before. The description says the Amari is based on the brand's best-selling Clarice dress but with the design of this season's Ursula top. So the brand tells a customer that this is a hybrid of two other garments, and the measurements confirm it. It is worth adding the consequence for the customer, because it is the practical one. Both dresses have negative ease at the bust, running from about minus 1.5 inches at a UK 8 to about minus 0.42 at a UK 14. On the other dress that matters a great deal, because it slips on and there is no opening anywhere, so the bias is the only reason it goes on at all. On this one it matters much less, because there is a concealed side zip. Same numbers, same brand, same batch, and completely different consequences. It is worth saying finally what this does to the run's method. A customer cannot cross check a chart against another garment by the same brand, because the brand may have published the same numbers on all of them. The one check that looked available is not.

Empire, and that is the second thing, and it is worth being precise about why it is the most important gap on this page. The bullets say empire waist and the description says underbust seams. So there is a seam running around the body underneath the bust, and the fit of this dress is decided at that seam. The bust above it is nearly free: on an empire line the cloth above the seam is gathered or eased, and it is not what holds the dress up. It is worth then looking at what the chart measures. It measures the pit to pit, which is the bust, and it measures the total length, which is shoulder to hem. It does not measure the underbust, and it does not measure the waist. So the one circumference this dress needs is not published, and the two that are published are the two that matter least. It is worth saying that this is not a one off, because it is now one of the most reliable patterns in this run. A dress has pintucks down the bodice and no measurement at the waist they shape. A dress has a twisted bodice and no circumference at the twist. Here there is an empire seam and underbust seams and no measurement under the bust. The rule is that the seam gets named and the circumference beneath it does not. It is worth adding why this one is the clearest instance yet. The others are shaped by gathers or twists where a circumference is at least arguable to measure. An empire seam is a plain circumference you can put a tape around, and it is still not there. It is worth then taking the two other adjustable or variable features, because they fail the same way. The neck has an adjustable tie, and the bullets say so, and the description says you can adjust the V-neck. But adjustable means a range, and no range is given: there is no figure for how deep the V goes and no figure for how shallow it closes, and no tie length either. And there is a concealed zip at the side with no zip length. It is worth setting that beside the rest of this run, because it is now a rule of its own. A dress has an elasticated waist with no range for the elastic. A top has sleeve ties that change the cuff opening, and no cuff opening. Here a neck tie changes the depth of the V, and no depth. Whenever a garment is adjustable, the adjustable dimension is the one that goes unmeasured.

Twelve, four times, and that is the third thing, and it is worth saying why this frozen column is right when the run has spent three batches saying frozen columns are wrong. The sleeve is 12 centimetres on a UK 8, a UK 10, a UK 12 and a UK 14. It does not grade at all. And that is correct, because the bullets say cap sleeve. A cap sleeve is a fixed construction detail, a shaped extension of the shoulder, not a dimension of the body. There is no reason for it to grow with the size and every reason for it not to. It is worth then stating the distinction, because the run can now make it cleanly. Freezing is fine for a construction detail and wrong for a body measurement. Another Rixo dress in this same batch freezes its total length at 136 centimetres across all four sizes, and that is wrong, because length is a body dimension and bodies differ in height. This one freezes its cap sleeve at 12 centimetres across all four sizes, and that is right. Same brand, same batch, same size range, two frozen columns, opposite verdicts. It is worth adding what this does to a rule the run had started to rely on. The run had begun saying that when one brand does the same thing on several garments in a row, it is a house rule rather than a per garment decision. This batch breaks that, because in one batch one Rixo dress freezes its length and the other grades it perfectly at one centimetre per size. So the honest conclusion is that this is decided garment by garment, not brand by brand. It is worth extending that to the smallest detail available, which makes the same point in miniature. One dress gives its model as 176.1 centimetres, with the unit. This one gives 176.3, without. Same brand, same batch, one line of text apart. It is worth closing on the fibre panel, because it does something no other page in this run has done. It gives two materials separately: a main fabric of 81 per cent viscose and 19 per cent silk, and a lace of 81 per cent cotton and 19 per cent polyamide. That is the run's first split composition panel, and it is a real improvement, because a trim gets its own percentages instead of being folded into the main figure. It is worth then saying what is strange about it. Lace appears nowhere else. Not in the description, which talks about velvet, bias, underbust seams and a tie front. Not in the eight bullets. Not in a caption. The only place on the page that admits this dress has lace on it is the fibre panel. It is worth setting that beside a complaint the run made two batches ago, because the two now form a pair. Then, a tee had lace at the hem and cuffs named in its bullets and absent from its composition panel. Here, a dress has lace in its composition panel and absent from everything else. Both directions exist, and in both the two halves of the page do not speak to each other. It is worth adding what is missing from the lace itself: no type, no width, no placement. And it is 81 per cent cotton with 19 per cent polyamide, so this is not a natural fibre dress, which a customer reading velvet and silk would not guess. Every bulk shipment gets a measurement report against your approved chart.

Optional upgrades include measuring and publishing the underbust circumference and the waist, grading the underbust across the sizes, publishing the hip, hem circumference and shoulder width, quoting the cloth weight in grams per square metre and the pile height, stating the lace type, width and placement and mentioning it in the description, giving the neck opening range and the tie length and the zip length, giving the model height with its unit, silk velvet, polyester velvet, viscose velvet, crushed velvet and stretch velvet, cotton, nylon and corded lace or no lace, natural waist, dropped waist and drawstring under the bust, fixed V, sweetheart and high necks, short, long and sleeveless options, concealed back zip, exposed zip and button placket, size set, colour development, private label, hangtag and care labelling.

Pre-production sample approval, in-line inspection during cutting and sewing, and a final AQL inspection before packing, with measurement reports and photos shared before shipment.

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