Non sweaty dress required

[mypeonyhasbloomed]

Somebody please find me a maxi dress (or a little shorter) for a non formal function in the tropics, so preferably cotton or linen, everything seems to be made from sweaty material. Non fussy, preferably with a zip. Reasonable figure, size 10 and five feet tall but over 60 so have a few lumps and bumps around the stomach area. Happy to pay £100/£150. I’ve been up and down the interweb. Impossible to find anything in an actual shop.

Have you looked at Boden, lots of nice summer dresses in natural fabrics, they also do petite and their search engine is pretty good. I expect they will have a 40% off sale in a few weeks, they usually do this time of year

This:

https://www.cos.com/en-gb/women/womenswear/dresses/linen/product/bias-cut-linen-blend-midi-dress-blue-1271954005 (Other colours available.)

Or this?

https://www.cos.com/en-gb/women/womenswear/dresses/longdresses/product/a-line-linen-blend-maxi-dress-dark-red-1315399002

(Obviously you could have a dress shortened if necessary.)

I really like LINTICO-UK.

I bought this at Sainsbury’s last week. (Online it says OOS in your size, but there were plenty in the shop.) 100% cotton. The way the pleats go all the way around mean it skims very nicely over lumps n bumps and give it a bit of shape, while still being loose and airy. The colour is slightly brighter IRL.

https://tuclothing.sainsburys.co.uk/product/tuc147491377

I would look at Aspiga, you can filter for cotton and petite, they are beautiful dresses https://www.aspiga.com/collections/petite-shorter-length-dresses

This is available from mid May.
https://www.uniqlo.com/uk/en/products/E485554-000/00?colorDisplayCode=66

Edit-ignore! On closer look, it's 51% viscose. In my defence, it was in the linen filter.