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Rural Outback Linen Dress - Short Sleeve
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$179.95
" Size fits well and nice thin linen which does not compromise the pattern. " - Anneke
A dress you'll still be wearing in three years.
The Rural Outback Short Sleeve Organic Linen Dress blends timeless style with thoughtful craftsmanship. Inspired by the stillness of the Australian landscape, the delicate embroidery, featuring windmills, horses, and quiet rural motifs, adds meaning and artistry to an otherwise effortless silhouette.
Crafted from soft, breathable 100% organic linen, this dress drapes gently and flatters every body. The short sleeves make it a perfect warm-weather piece, while the tailored ease of the design means it can be styled up or down without overthinking.
Available in a range of shades which bring calm confidence to your wardrobe, whether you're headed to lunch, the market, or barefoot by the back verandah.
It’s the kind of dress you’ll wear on repeat, not because it’s loud, but because it just feels right.
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The Fit
This is the dress you'll reach for without thinking. Cut loose through the midsection and falling to mid-calf, it moves when you do. Through a school run, a market morning, a long drive west. The side pockets are real ones. The linen softens with every wash rather than wearing out, so the dress you buy this summer is the one you'll still be pulling on in three years, a little softer each time. It sits neatly on the bust, so size up if you're fuller busted and it'll hang exactly as it should. Not a dress you save for good. The dress you live in.
Fabric weight
140gsm light weight
Rise (size 12)
30 cm
Inseam
74 cm
Leg opening
26 cm
Back stretch
+8 cm elastic
Bust (size 12)
54cm (flat lay)
Length (size 12)
112cm
Jacinta
Height 165cm
About the Fabric
140gsm Linen
Embroidered Design
Organic Linen
Linen is the oldest fabric we know how to make, and nobody has improved on it since.
We use 100% organic linen, woven from flax a plant that grows without irrigation and barely any pesticide. It's stronger wet than dry, so it survives a lifetime of washing. It breathes and regulates temperature. And it softens every time you wash it, so the pair you own in five years will feel better than the one you unwrap this week.
Our colours are custom-dyed to the country we live in, not bought off a shelf. Everything is designed in Outback Australia and made in India by family-run makers we've worked with for years and know by name.
Linen creases. We've never tried to stop it.
We use 100% organic linen, woven from flax a plant that grows without irrigation and barely any pesticide. It's stronger wet than dry, so it survives a lifetime of washing. It breathes and regulates temperature. And it softens every time you wash it, so the pair you own in five years will feel better than the one you unwrap this week.
Our colours are custom-dyed to the country we live in, not bought off a shelf. Everything is designed in Outback Australia and made in India by family-run makers we've worked with for years and know by name.
Linen creases. We've never tried to stop it.
ALL WOMEN · ALL SIZES 6–24
Fit-tested on real bodies
Not graded up from a size 10. Every size in the range is fit-tested on its own body, so the drape you see is the drape you get.
Size Small
Jacinta
165cm
Size Medium
Ashleigh
165cm
HOW IT'S MADE
Designed in Central Queensland by our women made for you to wear everyday
Every piece is thoughtfully made by skilled makers, using natural fibres chosen for comfort, quality and life in the Australian landscape.
18
STEPS FROM RAW LINEN TO FINISHED GARMENT
27
DAYS FROM FABRIC TO YOUR DOOR
3×
GARMENT-WASHED FOR LIVED-IN SOFTNESS
6–24
EVERY SIZE FIT-TESTED ON A REAL BODY
Sarah · Founder, at home on the Capricorn Coast
WHY WE MAKE THESE
I couldn’t find linen that fit real women. So I made it.
Outback Linen started at my kitchen table in Longreach, with one frustration: beautiful linen only ever seemed to come in a narrow band of sizes, for one kind of body.
I wanted to make something different. Linen cut for every woman, tested on every size, and worn in the real Australia, not just styled for a photoshoot.
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