3/4 Sleeve, with a bateau neckline that is simply a slotted opening from shoulder to shoulder. Elegantly drapes across the collarbone. Sophisticated and smart. Travel-friendly as a comfortable, packable basic. 4-way stretch!

Your dress may be sewn to order, allow about a week to make before it ships. 

The fabric of the dress folds in at the neck to create a clean edge uncomplicated by added stitches. Smooth any fabric at the neckline inward if it goes astray while popping it over your head. 

This dress's swing silhouette hides the midsection, with a healthy swish due to the weight of the fabric. Pockets with room to fill. The playful length suits bare legs, leggings, even jeans. 

For this one, choose your size based on your shoulders. The neckline will appear strained/taut if you try on a size that is smaller than needed. 

Made with sustainability-minded Ecovero™ Viscose. ECOVERO™ fibers have been certified with the EU Ecolabel as meeting high environmental standards throughout their life cycle: from raw material extraction to production, distribution and disposal. 

CLEANING NOTES
Best care: Hand wash or machine wash delicate cycle, cold water. Smooth it out with hands, laying flat to dry. Wrinkling falls out with movement as it's worn. If you prefer ironing, It's OK to pass a steaming iron gently over surface if needed, garment turned inside out. 
Other acceptable care: Dry cleaning is also an option. 
Processes to avoid: Do not put in the dryer, or use warm or hot water, it will shrink your garment (mostly in length but also a little in width). Do not use bleach. 

92% Ecovero™ Viscose (a type of rayon) and 8% Spandex.
Made in the USA of USA-made fabric.

Short Sleeve, with a bateau neckline that is simply a slotted opening from shoulder to shoulder. Elegantly drapes over the collarbone. Sophisticated and smart. Travel-friendly as a comfortable, packable basic.

Sewn to order, allow about a week to make before it ships. 

The fabric of the dress folds in at the neck to create a clean edge uncomplicated by added stitches. Smooth any fabric at the neckline inward if it goes astray while popping it over your head. USA-made rayon jersey knit with yarn-dyed, heathered colors.

This dress's silhouette hides the midsection, with a healthy swing due to the weight of the fabric. Pockets with room to fill. The playful length suits bare legs, leggings, even jeans. 

For this one, choose your size based on your shoulders. The neckline will appear strained/taut if you try on a size that is smaller than needed. This dress drapes freely from the bust down. 

Made with sustainability-minded Ecovero™ Viscose. ECOVERO™ fibers have been certified with the EU Ecolabel as meeting high environmental standards throughout their life cycle: from raw material extraction to production, distribution and disposal. 

CLEANING NOTES
Best care: Hand wash or machine wash delicate cycle, cold water. Smooth it out with hands, laying flat to dry. Wrinkling falls out with movement as it's worn. If you prefer ironing, It's OK to pass a steaming iron gently over surface if needed, garment turned inside out. 
Other acceptable care: Dry cleaning is also an option. 
Processes to avoid: Do not put in the dryer, or use warm or hot water, it will shrink your garment (mostly in length but also a little in width). Do not use bleach. 

92% Ecovero™ Viscose (a type of rayon) and 8% Spandex.
Made in the USA of USA-made fabric.

Whether this is LONG enough to be a dress is debate worthy. A figure skater would say it is. It's also SHORT enough to pair with leggings, skinny jeans, and other bottoms to swish up an ensemble. It's up to you, it spins quite playfully on or off the ice...

Heads up, this one will show off your waistline.

Yours may be made to order, allow 1-2 weeks before shipping. Inquiries are welcome for sizes not yet developed, please let us know you're wishing for your size.

With princess seams (a technical term for those seams shaping the bust), it graces a women's curves through the top and flares out from the waist down—hips are concealed in a generously swishy lower half. Ballerina neckline. Pockets on the side front panels. Pulls on over the head. 

For cooler weather, the weight of the french terry fabric is substantial, warm, and there is quite a bit of stretch. 

Sewn of a super-soft french terry bamboo rayon/cotton/spandex blend. Three colors to choose from.

Rayon from Bamboo/Cotton/Spandex blend.
Machine wash cold, dry FLAT. This dress is a thick and absorbent knit—hanging it while heavy with dampness can stretch the fabric. Do not put in the dryer. Warm iron or steam to remove wrinkles.

Made in the USA of imported fabric.

Made to order, allow about a week to sew before shipping.

A dress boiled down to its simplest form, sure and simple. A fast solution for what to throw on when it's hot, easily coordinating under more clothing as air conditioning or weather might shift. 

Raglan sleeves and trimmed armholes give it a sporty touch, the fact that it's a dress still keeps it, well, dressy!

Narrow silhouette, this isn't a tube dress, rather, it has some curves of a body. When worn true to size, it should drape with a little looseness from the bust down. Want a closer fit? Size down.

No pockets on this one, so those looking for a tighter fit can size down for a body-conscious fit with no pocket lumps. 

The fabric itself is milled in the USA, a quality medium weight jersey knit. A Rayon/Spandex blend, it has a silky sheen that's a wee bit dressier. Will drape toward the body. Yarn-dyed heathered colors have a textured look and a soft hand.

Made with sustainability-minded Ecovero™ Viscose. ECOVERO™ fibers have been certified with the EU Ecolabel as meeting high environmental standards throughout their life cycle: from raw material extraction to production, distribution and disposal. 

CLEANING NOTES
Best care: Hand wash or machine wash delicate cycle, cold water. Smooth it out with hands, drape over drying rack or bar to dry. Wrinkling falls out with movement as it's worn. If you prefer ironing, It's OK to pass a steaming iron gently over surface if needed, garment turned inside out. 
Other acceptable care: Dry cleaning is also an option. 
Processes to avoid: Do not put in the dryer, using warm or hot water will shrink your garment (mostly in length but also a little in width). These heated processes can shorten a dress length considerably. Do not use bleach. 

92% Ecovero™ Viscose (a type of rayon) and 8% Spandex.
Made in the USA of USA-made fabric.

Color Teal has sold out for the season, thanks for the love! Rust is still available, made for you in any size.

A nod to 90s era garage-band-worthy thermal knit, only better: organic waffle knit is being used this time around. Clean-lines and swingy, WITH POCKETS.

Sewn and pre-shrunk to order in any size, allow about a week before shipping.

Notes on color options:
Dark Teal is all one solid color. 
Rust has heather gray trim for the neckline, cuffs, and pocket lining.

Sizing is flexible due to the swing shape. Hip is entirely hidden in the swish. Waffle will expand readily—a person can usually wear two sizes but must decide how they want it to fit. Examples: An XS can probably wear a small, but will be a little loose. A 1X can likewise wear an XL but it will appear more body-con. in arm and bust.

Thermal waffle has stretchy properties much like a cotton sweater that does not have Spandex. It will "grow" as you wear it and tighten up again with a wash and tumble dry.

100% GOTS-Certified Organic Cotton
Best care: Machine wash warm or cold water, like colors, air dry. 
Also acceptable: Tumbling in dryer on low is also OK. This garment has been washed after sewing to pre-shrink it. However, avoid hotter settings, that may shrink it more.
Made in the USA of imported fabric.

A small amount of this special fabric is left, and can sew one to order just for you. Allow 1-2 weeks before it ships.

If you just discovered National Picnic, you missed a Kickstarter campaign that launched these now-classic sweatshirt dresses, a favorite style for many of our customers. We pitched them to be sewn in all-American, seed to sewn, organic cotton fabric. Our tiny little company needed to pre-sell so many more dresses than we were used to making, simply to be able get the suppliers to work with us. It was quite a ride, and we reached our goal for a worthwhile finished product.

French-terry style sweatshirt fabric is milled in the USA (North Carolina) with cotton that is grown (Texas) in the USA. Medium weight. Shirttail-shaped hem.

Only the light gray color remains from the campaign. Light gray heather with a contrasting back of unbleached white large loop terry.

75% Organic Cotton, blended with a 25% recycled poly (to keep shrinkage at bay).

Shown here on models that are 5'8"- 5'9" tall. Expect the hem to be closer to the knee on shorter women. The measurement from center back neck to hem, size M, is 36".

Thanks, everybody! It was a great Kickstarter!

This dress keeps getting requested by customers wanting more of this familiar style and fit. These dresses are made to order. Allow appx. one week to sew yours before shipping.

We test new batches of this dress in different colors/fabrics/weights to satisfy our own creative bent. Other versions may be elsewhere in the shop at this time, search by clicking here.

Black sweatshirt fleece: Classic black sweatshirt material, brushed on the inside, warm and soft with a structured drape. 100% Cotton, preshrunk. 

Sleeves are not hemmed, meant to be rolled to show the inside of the fabric. Dress isn't meant to be tight/snug. If more fitted is your thing, you might want to order a size down or choose a different dress entirely. Think "sweatshirt" for this one. You wouldn't expect a sweatshirt to cling.

100% Cotton, GOTS-certified dyed.
Machine wash cold, and air dry. 100% cotton, this fabric happens to have been pre-washed prior to sewing, but we still recommend you don't put them in the dryer.
Sewn in the USA of imported fabrics.