Mommy and Daughter Matching Dresses – Lavender Ruffled Tulle Ball Gown Set

She Holds Your Hand. The Shutter Goes. Done.

These mommy and daughter matching dresses in lavender are built from the same tulle and the same idea, cut two different ways: yours is a draped off-shoulder band over a panelled corset bodice, falling into a skirt of dozens of narrow ruffled tiers that carries on into a long sweeping train; hers is a simple sleeveless round neck with a soft tulle frill across the chest, above the same tiered skirt cut clean to the floor. The reason to buy a set rather than two dresses is the picture at the end of it — two people in one color, photographed together, and nothing about the day spent worrying whether the shades agree.

Narrow Tiers Instead of Wide Ones

The skirts are made from many shallow ruffled tiers rather than three or four deep ones. That is what gives them the soft, stacked weight you can see in the photographs instead of the flat bell a cheaply tiered skirt produces.

Two Necklines, One Photograph

Yours sits off the shoulder; hers is a plain round neck with a frill, nothing cut low on a child. She reads as a small version of you without being dressed as an adult — which is the line most mommy and daughter matching dresses get wrong.

Cut for an Adult Body

The women's gown is a real corset bodice with vertical panelling through the front, drafted to adult bust, waist and hip measurements from US 2 to US 16 — not a girls' pattern enlarged until it fits.

A Train for You, a Clean Hem for Her

Your skirt sweeps out behind you, which is what gives a portrait its depth. Hers stops at the floor with no train at all, so she can walk, be carried and be set down again without anyone standing on it.

Small Enough for a Toddler

The girls' gown starts at 4T, fitting a child of about 39" / 100 cm, and it is sleeveless with a soft frill rather than anything boned or scratchy. It works on a child who will spend a good part of the session on your hip.

It suits first birthdays and cake smashes, family portraits, weddings and christenings, and Christmas evenings at home. Girls' formal dresses this full are usually bought for one afternoon — a lavender that works outdoors in daylight and indoors by lamplight tends to get worn more than once.

The details

• Style: Matching mother and daughter ruffled tulle ball gowns — off-shoulder corset gown with a train for you, sleeveless round-neck gown for her
• What's included: 2 dresses in one parcel — one women's gown and one girls' gown. You choose both sizes above; the price shown is for the pair
• Color: Lavender
• Fabric: Soft polyester mesh (tulle) over a lined bodice
• Neckline: Draped off-shoulder band over a sweetheart corset bodice (women's) · round neck with a tulle frill (girls')
• Sleeves: Off-shoulder band (women's) · sleeveless (girls')
• Skirt: Many-tiered ruffled tulle ball gown — floor length with a sweeping train (women's) · floor length, no train (girls')
• Length: Maxi — floor length on both
• Women's sizes: US 2 · 4 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12 · 14 · 16
• Girls' sizes: 4T · 5 · 6 · 8 · 10 · 12
• Care: Hand wash cold or gentle machine cycle in a mesh bag, hang to dry, do not bleach, steam on low — never press a hot iron onto tulle

Mother's Size Guide

Measured by hand; allow 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) tolerance. The corset bodice is the part that has to fit, so size by your bust and waist measurements rather than by the dress size you usually buy, and take the size that fits your largest of the three — tulle takes in at the side seams but cannot be let out. This chart gives bust, waist and hip only; the gown is cut long and finishes in a train, so if you are much under 5'4" plan on a hem.

Girl's Size Guide

Measured by hand; allow 1–3 cm (0.4–1.2 in) tolerance. Dress length is measured from her shoulder down. Her bodice has a round neck and straps rather than anything that has to grip, so size her by height first and use the bust column only as a check. If she is heavier for her height, take the larger size — the skirt carries extra length without a problem.

Questions moms ask

Do I get both dresses, or just one? Both. You choose your size and her size above, and one order sends the women's gown and the girls' gown together in the same parcel, at the one price shown.

Will a gown in these sizes fit a real adult body, and how do I pick my size? The women's chart runs US 2 to US 16 against adult bust, waist and hip measurements — measure yourself and buy to those numbers, not to the size on the label of your last dress. It is a fitted corset cut, so be aware it will not accommodate a bump; it is not a maternity gown.

Are the two dresses the same lavender? Yes. They are made and shipped together as one set from the same tulle, which is exactly what you cannot verify when a women's gown and a girls' dress are ordered from two different shops.

Can mine be hemmed or altered? Yes. Tulle takes a hem and a side seam cleanly, and a seamstress can shorten the train or take the bodice in through the sides. Buy the size that fits your largest measurement and have it brought in — there is no allowance to let out.

Can I sit in mine, and can she play in hers? Yes to both. There is no hoop under either skirt, so the tiers fold and recover rather than crush. Hers has no train and nothing rigid in the bodice, so she can sit on the floor and get back up on her own; your train is the only part that needs a hand when you sit down.