Wood Snipe Dress - The Pears of Wrath
Our popular Wood Snipe cut is back in new prints! This dress has a fitted, sleeveless bodice, knee length pleated skirt with pockets, and V-neck!
Wood Snipe closes with a back invisible zipper and is made of 100% cotton with a soft satin lining in the skirt that is 96% polyester and 4% spandex.
This dress can be washed on a cold, delicate cycle and hung to dry, and is available four beautiful cotton prints - Nightfall, Quatrefoil, Triffids, and The Pears of Wrath, which which has a modest, Dust Bowl era country charm with its sage background and tan pears.
Marie is 5'1" and wears our size 18. Wood Snipe fits about a half size small if you follow our size chart, which you can see here. Please take the larger size if you are between sizes! This dress doesn't have any stretch.
The skirt, from waist to hem in sizes 2-14 measures 23.5", and in sizes 16-20 it is 24". Finished measurements of the dress bust/waist/hip, and shoulder to hem length (in brackets), in inches, are as follows:
2 - 34 / 25 / 57 (38.5)
4 - 35 / 26 / 58 (39)
6 - 36/ 27 / 59 (39.5)
8 - 37 / 28 / 60 (40)
10 - 39 / 30 / 62 (40.5)
12 - 41 / 32 / 64 (41)
14 - 43 / 34 / 66 (41)
16 - 45 / 36 / 68 (41.5)
18 - 47 / 39 / 71 (42)
20 - 51 / 42 / 75 (43)
Everything at Birds of North America is vegan and has been made ethically in Canada since we began in 2007. We have a strong focus on sustainability, and strive to create high-quality garments that last a long time. You can browse vintage Birds styles that we've gathered back as part of our buyback program in our ReNesting section!
