Nell Blush Promise Maternity Baby Shower Dress

• Off-the-shoulder neckline with a square-neck option
• Smocking from neckline to under the bust
• Empire waist, loose over the bump
• Long lantern sleeves with smocked, ruffled cuffs
• Gathered ruffle hem at the lower calf
• Tiny white and pink flowers on blush

Light and matte, this chiffon falls in soft folds and carries a faint crinkle. Its ground is the palest blush pink, printed with tiny white and pink flowers and grey-green sprigs, each smaller than a fingernail, so from a distance the dress reads as an almost solid pale pink, never hot pink or coral, and the little flowers show up as you come close. The bodice and the cuffs are gathered in close rows of elastic smocking, and a ruffle tier swings out at the hem.

Available in S, M, L, XL and XXL. The size chart on this page lists garment measurements for bust, waist, length and sleeve length, with inches first, then centimeters. Garment measurements are not body measurements. The bodice is fully smocked, and the bust and waist in the chart read much smaller than body measurements, so compare them with a smocked-bodice dress that fits you well rather than with your own measurements.

How do I choose my size?

Compare the garment measurements in the size chart on this page with a smocked-bodice dress that fits you well rather than with your own body measurements: the bodice is fully smocked, and the bust and waist in the chart read much smaller than body measurements. It lists bust, waist, length and sleeve length. Length runs from 41.3 in / 105 cm in S to 42.9 in / 109 cm in XXL, and your height changes where the hem lands. Inches appear first, then centimeters.

How long is this dress?

It is a midi that ends on the lower calf, above the ankle, finished with a gathered ruffle tier that swings out at the hem; the front, side and back views show where it falls. Your height changes where the hem lands, so check the length for your size in the size chart on this page.

Can I wear it on the shoulders, too?

Yes. In the photos for this color the straight, smocked neckline sits off the shoulders, running across your upper chest and upper arms, and you can also pull it up onto your shoulders to wear it as a square neckline. The long lantern sleeves puff out and gather into a band of smocking with a small ruffle at the wrist, and the back has the same smocking with no zipper or buttons, so the dress simply pulls on. See the front close-up and the studio back view in the photos, and the lantern sleeve close-up in the material guide.

How does the smocked bodice fit, and how should I read the size chart?

The bodice is smocked in many fine elastic rows, front and back, from the neckline to just under the bust, so it stays close and gives with your shape; below that the dress falls loose from an empire waist with room for your bump, and there is no belt or tie. The bust and waist in the size chart read much smaller than your own measurements, so compare them with a smocked-bodice dress that fits you well rather than with your body. For a closer look, see the photo of her smoothing a ruffled cuff at the garden party and the smocked bodice close-up in the material guide.

What does Blush Promise mean?

Blush Promise is our color story for the Nell dress in Blush Floral: a new chapter shared with the people you love. It is a BabyShowerDress story created for this design.