Designed to fit and flatter, Leina and Fleur’s range of jersey dresses are cut in sizes 8-24, that’s petite to plus size, so that women of all shapes can shop our dress range with confidence. Our empire line dresses are a great example of how L&F designs clothing with women’s body shapes in mind.
What is an Empire Line on a Dress?
Featuring a bodice that finishes above the natural waistline, just under the bust, an empire line dress is great for camouflaging fuller tummies making it a great dress shape for apple shaped women, plus sizes and fuller-figure women.
Because empire line dress bodices sit high, the extra fabric above the waist creates the illusion of a longer, taller silhouette, and consequently a slimming effect. At L&F, we maximise this effect with our empire line maxi dresses but the fullness of our midi-length skirts create figure-flattering empire line dress styles too, that also work for petite height women.
As well as varying hemlines, our empire line dresses come with various sleeve options. From sleeveless to short sleeves, flutter sleeves to ¾ sleeves, L&F’s empire line dresses will transition the seasons with you.
Empire Line Dresses for Workwear or Travel
Available in our classic core colours, shop L&F empire line dresses in black or navy jersey for everyday workwear style or evening wear elegance. For dresses with presence, our trend-inspired, fashion prints add a bold edge to classic empire line styles. While many of our dresses are made in jersey, our empire line dresses work well too, in our sustainable, natural-fibre fabrics which make them great lightweight summer dresses and travel holiday essentials.
Women's Dresses Made In Australia
All L&F dresses are made in Australia so you can shop our empire line dresses with the confidence Australian-made quality promises. What’s more, our international shipping and flat-rate shipping to New Zealand means you can shop L&Fs empire line dresses anytime, anywhere, and with AfterPay now available, you can buy now, pay later too!
I love the Daryl top, I now have it in several colours/designs. It sits so well across the shoulders and the cowl neck sits just right. I have found some other cowl neck tops to be a bit wide in the shoulders. The Bahagia print is a vivid and fun print for summer. Love it!
The Joni top has become an absolute favourite of mine. Sleeveless, with a beautifully draped cowl neckline and shirttail hemline, she can be worn untucked for a boho vibe, but also more formally tucked in under a jacket. The Foxtrot placement print is an explosion of differently sized spots, adding both glamour and cheekiness.
The Berit maxi is gorgeously swishy with its deep hem flounce. She will be worn this Summer with sandals revealing a pretty pedicure, but will look fabulous with boots in the Winter for all year round perfection. So comfortable with the jelly tape waist, and she has pockets!
I love this print in my Mason long sleeve top & thought I'd give it a whirl in Dany Culotte - it goes with so many of my L&F blue hues as well as black & white. The styling video to show all the options for wearing these beautiful pants is super helpful for inspiration across all my other Dany Culottes which I've been mostly styling as faux jumpsuit with matching tops, as an alternative to wearing a dress.
This is my second Kris dress - my first is in Navy & I was going for the Cobalt but thanks to recent Styling Session, the Amalfi print was the winner for something a little different compared to block colours. This is such a pretty dress & suits my shape & 182cm height.
Absolutely love my navy Amal dress that I picked up in the latest sale. I have been eyeing this gorgeous dress off in the L&F site since I began buying these beautiful clothes but didn't know what size to get as I usually buy separates. I took the punt on buying a black Melissa dress in s16 recently, the fit is perfect. So when I saw a s16 navy Amal in the sale my heart began to flatter. As soon as the sale began my fingers went to work. I am so over joyed to I have this gorgeous dress to wear. Thanks L&F. xx
The Jaime top is my essential go to top and it is reached for all year round. The Palette print has a wow factor that looks great with my black Bradleys
I picked up a jumpsuit in palette in a sale (my first foray into patterns rather than block colours) and I love it, so when I was umming and aahing about whether or not to try some patterned tops, I thought I'd try out palette again. I really like the more fitted tops for work, especially to balance out my propensity for wide legged pants, but wasn't sure about the longer sleeves of the Ziggy. I'm so glad I took the plunge because I think it looks so lovely and classic and stylish for work. I love the longer fitted sleeves and the boatline neckline, and the pops of colour of palette are perfect for a corporate law firm without being too 'out there'. Perfect to wear with my navy soft suit of Merit blazer, Drew pants...and Corbin because I tried out the tighter top with the fitted pants and because L&F cuts so beautifully I don't look like a sausage squeezing out of its skin, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT! If I didn't work in corporate law I would for sure snap up the Drew pants in pink (they're on saaaaaaaale!) also nd this top would go fabulously with them (with or without the Merit blazer in navy). Thank you L&F I'm thrilled with this purchase!
I wasn't sure about wearing pants in this print BUT they were too good to resist at my recent Styling Session which gave me the confidence to also pair them with the matching Kelyn Swing Shirt. Now I'm just waiting for the right weather to show off this outfit! I did get them lengthened by letting down the hem as I'm 182cm tall with long legs, short waist.
I already have the Kelyn in Animal Swirl from last year & just love the colours in that one as well as Jade Deco - this relaxed fit shirt pairs well with so much. Being fine boned, broad shoulders & big bust, I went with a size down from my true size for a more tailored fit - not tight at all & comfortable thanks to the pleated fabric details on the back. Jade Deco print is gorgeous.
This is my second pair of Corbin pants, my first pair was in black and this pair is in navy - to give me another option of soft suiting with my navy merit blazer. I love these pants as they are fitted but have stretch. I love that you can sit in them after eating and they don’t cut your tummy in half and make you want to undo your button. Beautifully made, with beautiful fabric as always with L&F pieces :-)
The most comfy pants and the colour is luscious. Great for work, travel or just lounging around. I'm 155cm and they are ankle length on me. So happy with these quality pants. Thanks again L&F
This dress is another of my favourites from L&F, the style is ever so Elegant willowy and draping subtly on my body in all the right places, I have to say that there is such great detail to this dress that it makes a perfect evening dress as well as day dress for every occasion, I really adore this style thankyou L&F
Melissa in Black is the perfect little Black Dress
I love my Melissa in Black so much, it is my perfect little black dress that I go to for almost every occasion. The style and quality of this dress is Superior High Quality which I love so much, the weight is perfect to wear all 4 seasons its just perfect in every way, thankyou L&F