Empire Waist Dresses
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SKU: W113O-078-BLUE-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (100 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Paradise Island Surf Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiHawaii invented modern surfing — the ancient Hawaiians called it he'e nalu, wave sliding, and practiced it as both sport and spiritual discipline for...
SKU: W113O-RB-BLUE-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (98 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Delicate Tropical Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiNot every Hawaiian dress needs to shout. The Delicate Tropical print takes a quieter approach — tropical florals rendered in softer, lighter tones with a...
SKU: W113O-JT-RED-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (98 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Bird of Paradise Display Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiA display is something arranged to be seen — and the Bird of Paradise Display print takes that idea seriously. Where the Bird...
SKU: W113O-DS-BLACK-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (99 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Pale Hibiscus Orchid Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in Hawaii Most Hawaiian prints celebrate color at full volume. The Pale Hibiscus Orchid takes the opposite approach — hibiscus and orchid blooms rendered in...
SKU: W113O-HB-BLUE-M
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Orchid Parrot Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiOrchids alone make a beautiful Hawaiian dress. Add parrots — vivid, animated birds perched and in flight among the blooms — and you get something...
SKU: W113O-QY-BLACK-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Magical Tropical Trip Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiSome Hawaiian dresses are about a single flower. Some are about a garden. The Magical Tropical Trip is about the whole journey — a print that...
SKU: W113O-QQ-BROWN-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Oriental Watercolor Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiHawaii sits at the crossroads of East and West — a place where Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Filipino cultural traditions have woven themselves into the fabric of...
SKU: Q113O-ZS-RED-Q1X
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Leaves of Summer Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe same warm, golden-green summer foliage of the Leaves of Summer print — tropical leaves catching the trade wind light in the easy, unhurried...
SKU: W113O-ZF-GREEN-S
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Intense Jungle Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe name says it all — this is not a gentle garden print. The Intense Jungle goes deep: dense tropical foliage and blooms layered into...
SKU: W113O-BA-AQUA-S
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Sea Shell Hibiscus Garden Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – Generous Fit, 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiMost Hawaiian dresses choose between the garden and the beach. The Sea Shell Hibiscus Garden does both — pairing the hibiscus, Hawaii's state...
SKU: W113O-ER-PINK-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (100 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Tahiti Tiare Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe flower of Tahiti in paradise! The Tahiti Tiare Women’s Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress features the beautiful tiare — the sacred and fragrant national flower of...
SKU: W113O-QW-PINK-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Watercolor Tropics Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiMost Hawaiian prints are bold and graphic — this one is painterly. The Watercolor Tropics print renders tropical flowers and foliage in soft, bleeding watercolor washes that...
Fitted up top, free everywhere else
An empire waist Hawaiian dress seams just under the bust and then lets go — no pinching at the middle, no riding up. It's the cut people reach for when they want a bit of shape without anything tight, and it carries through pregnancy and across body types. Made in Hawaii, in tropical prints on fabric that moves.
More Hawaiian dresses
- All women's Hawaiian dresses
- Sun dresses
- Bias cut dresses — closer to the body
Common questions
Is empire waist good for plus sizes or pregnancy?
Yes — the under-bust seam skims everything below it, which is exactly why it's a maternity and plus favorite.
How is it different from a regular-waist dress?
The seam sits higher, right under the bust, instead of at your natural waist — so nothing cinches your midsection.
Dressy or casual?
Depends on the print. Solids and small florals read dressy; big bold prints lean casual.














