Hello my friends!
 
For the past few months I have been experimenting with my shirtdress pattern: adjusting the cut to give it a more modern oversized fit.
 
Gone are the bust and back darts, with a bit of fabric added to the back piece, allowing the dress to fall...

Sending 
 Warm and cozy Winter Solstice Greetings, SoCal style
and wishing you
Health and Happiness in 2019
 
Cheers!
Andrea

December 6th is the feast day of Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children, which appropriately falls during the Advent season.  

One of the old Christian traditions surrounding his feast day is for kids to leave their Christmas wish lists tucked into shoes an...

Matka Silk has been A Della Dress favorite since 2012 because it drapes beautifully, doesn’t wrinkle, packs easily, and is suitable for multiple occasions.
 
Last winter, these three graces modeled Matka Silk dresses and dusters with 2 types of lining: polka dot rayon...

A DELLA DRESS Lace dresses differ from your standard department store variety for three main reasons:
 

1. They are lined with silk charmeuse; a lightweight fabric woven with a satin weave giving it a smooth, lustrous and reflective finish.  It is more expensive th...

 The powers that be in the fashion industry claim that yellow is THE color for fall this year.  Seems counter intuitive, and many people are afraid of yellow, but after spending a couple of weeks at my Manitoba cottage, where fall colors were resplendent, I completely...

This October marks the 7thanniversary of turning my A-line dress hobby into a business by asking friends and family to host trunk shows, inviting their friends and family to attend.  This ‘word of mouth’ model has worked very well and I have built a solid direct custom...

I just returned from a delightful trip to Germany with my daughter Helene.
We spent a few days in Berlin, then drove, via the fairy-tale-picture-book castle city of Schwerin, along the prettiest country roads you can imagine, to a very small island in the North Sea cal...

Yes, Pre-Fall is actually a term in the fashion industry; used as a reminder, now that it’s August, that Autumn is around the corner.
 
In Los Angeles, Fall means that temperatures start soaring as it is the official start of Santa Ana season, but in the rest of the co...

Andrea and Deborah (and many other customers) pack at least one DELLA DRESS when they travel.  
 
Our sturdy bold prints allow for multiple wears, can be washed in a hotel sink, won’t cling in the heat, pack easily and make the wearer easy to find in a crowd.
 
We...