Empire Waist Dresses
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SKU: W113O-RE-ORANGE-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Delightful Hibiscus Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe word “delightful” is doing real work here — this is the hibiscus print with a smile. Where the Hibiscus Garden is lush and layered and the...
SKU: W113O-NV-BLACK-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Daring Greenhouse Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiA greenhouse is where tropical plants grow to their most extravagant — unconstrained by season or climate, blooming in colors and scales that nature rarely achieves outdoors....
SKU: W113O-NG-RED-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Asian Serenity Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiHawaii's multicultural identity runs deep — Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Filipino traditions have shaped the islands' art, food, and fashion for over 150 years. The Asian Serenity...
SKU: Q113O-MP-OLIVE-Q2X
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Entangled Paradise Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe Entangled Paradise print captures the way tropical plants actually grow in Hawaii — not in neat rows, but intertwining, overlapping, vines threading through blooms and leaves...
SKU: W113O-LZ-BEIGE-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Heritage Hawaiian IV Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe Heritage Hawaiian series draws from one of Hawaii's most treasured art forms — the Hawaiian quilt, with its bold, symmetrical patterns cut from a single...
SKU: W113O-LT-BLUE-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Monstera Season Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe monstera — with its distinctive split, perforated leaves — has become one of the most recognizable symbols of tropical living worldwide. But in Hawaii, it's not...
SKU: W113O-LS-BLACK-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (3 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Fancy Garden Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe Fancy Garden print evokes the kind of curated tropical garden you'd find tucked behind a historic Maui estate — not wild and untamed, but deliberately arranged,...
SKU: W113O-LC-RED-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Classic Hawaiian Quilt Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe Hawaiian quilt is one of the islands' most enduring art forms — bold, symmetrical patterns with deep cultural roots that date back to the 19th...
SKU: W113O-KY-BLACK-M
AVAILABILITY: In stock (3 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
White Orchid Hibiscus Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiWhite flowers carry a different energy than their colorful counterparts — cooler, more refined, with a quiet elegance that stands out against a rich tropical background....
SKU: W113O-KV-AQUA-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (1 item)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Paradise Lei Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiThe lei is Hawaii's most universal symbol of aloha — a garland of flowers given in greeting, celebration, and farewell, woven by hand from plumeria, orchids, pikake,...
SKU: W113O-JH-BEIGE-XS
AVAILABILITY: In stock (2 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Plumeria Paradise Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiClose your eyes and think of Hawaii — the scent that comes to mind is almost certainly plumeria. Sweet, heady, and unmistakable, the plumeria fragrance drifts through...
SKU: Q113O-JA-BLACK-Q1X
AVAILABILITY: In stock (7 items)
PRODUCT TYPE: Women's Empire Waist Dress
VENDOR: RJC
Floating Red Ginger Women's Empire Tie Front Hawaiian Dress – 100% Rayon, Made in HawaiiRed ginger — with its dense, torch-like flower heads in deep crimson and pink — is one of the most dramatic blooms in the Hawaiian landscape,...
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.














