Beach Short Dresses is Melissa Odabash's short-length dress collection, in cotton and viscose including printed jardin cotton, built for the hours between pool and evening.
There's a length between a cover-up and a maxi that gets less attention than either, and it's often the one worn most through a trip: a dress short enough for a beach lunch, considered enough not to look like an afterthought thrown on over a bikini. Beach Short Dresses owns that middle ground of the day, the hours between the pool and the evening that most ranges leave underdressed.
The pure-cotton Jess Jardin Dress and Tabby Jardin Dress bring the botanical Jardin print into easy, warm-weather silhouettes, while the Rosalie Breeze Dress offers a softer, more fluid option in pale blue. Texture comes through in the crochet-knit Ambra Red Dress, the nautical Remi White Marine Dress and the subtly metallic Coco Bronze Dress.
Finola White Dress and Briony Navy Dress add clean, versatile options to the edit, while Dulcie Cream Dress brings a softer neutral finish for anyone building a smaller capsule for the trip. Across prints, texture and understated neutrals, the collection is designed to move easily from the beach to lunch and into the rest of the day.
Wear alone for a beach club lunch, or layer over a bikini for the walk there from the water. A dress this easy should need nothing added to it – not a belt, not a jacket, just sandals and somewhere on the coast to be seen.
