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Coastal Poplin Elia Smocked Dress - Summer Leaf

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$169as of Sep 3, 2026. Check the current price at Faherty

The verdict

A smocked poplin maxi at mid-premium price; invest if smocking details align with your aesthetic and warm-weather dressing.

Fit

Smocking creates fitted bodice detail with relaxed skirt volume. This maxi will fit snugly through the bust and release toward the hem. True-to-size, though smocked pieces can feel smaller through the chest—try before buying if you have a larger bust.

Quality

Smocked poplin at this price reflects precise handwork or quality machine-smocking and reliable poplin weight. The seaming should be clean throughout. Expect the fitted smocked section to hold shape well over time.

Price check

At 169 dollars for a smocked maxi in Faherty's quality poplin, the price reflects the labor-intensive smocking detail and fabric quality. Fair if the smocked silhouette matches your body and style.

Best for

Shoppers who appreciate handcrafted-seeming details and own a dress size where smocking sits well at the bust, looking for warm-weather elegance.

Care

Wash cool and gentle to preserve smocking definition. Lay flat to dry; line drying can distort the smocked section. Iron gently on medium if needed, or air dry smooth.

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Fit check: Faherty

True to size

Faherty fits true to size with a deliberately relaxed cut — take your usual size, and only size down on the roomiest dresses and boxy tees if you're between sizes.

Owners and hands-on reviewers consistently report Faherty running true to size, with the slight ease built into the cut rather than a sign to size down. The relaxed silhouette shows up across lines — tees are described as boxy-but-not-oversized, pants run about a half-inch generous in the waist (not enough to change size), and some dresses and boxier tops read roomy enough that between-sizes buyers go down. A minority of owners find pieces large and boxy at their usual size — one Reddit user had a medium tailored — and a few customer reviews flag garment-to-garment inconsistency, but that's the exception in the feedback, not the pattern.

Sizing advice: Order your usual size across the line; if you're between sizes, size down only on roomy dresses and boxy tees — everywhere else stay true, since the relaxed drape is intentional.

Per owner & reviewer reports: Faherty Brand Review — An Indigo Day · Faherty Clothing Review — Style & Serum · Faherty Clothing Review — Honest Brand Reviews

What owners report about Faherty dresses

Faherty's cotton-gauze and linen dresses draw strong comfort reviews — testers describe soft, breezy fabric and roomy-but-not-shapeless cuts, and one reviewer called the brand's linen midi shirt dress among the best-fitting she had tried. The recurring theme is generous sizing: multiple styles are reported to run large or boxy, with owners sizing down or having pieces tailored, though at least one style is noted to run slim in the chest instead.

Strengths: Soft, breezy natural-fiber fabrics with relaxed cuts that reviewers find genuinely comfortable and easy to care for.
Watch out for: Fit skews loose and varies by style — most dresses run large or boxy enough that owners size down or tailor, while a few cut slim in the chest.
Sizing: Expect roomy cuts and size down on most styles if between sizes, but check per-style guidance since some run slim in the chest.

About Faherty's dresses line as a whole. Sources: Faherty clothing review: The Kasey dress — Reviewed · Faherty Clothing Review — Honest Brand Reviews · Faherty Brand Review — an indigo day