Rebecca Vallance Tailoring and Separates

Rebecca Vallance is known for occasion dresses, and that reputation hides half the collection. The current range runs to blazers, boucle jackets, tailored trousers, pencil skirts, bias-cut shell tops and cowl-neck occasion tops, much of it designed to be bought as a set. If you have only ever looked at the gowns, this is the part of the label that gets worn on a Tuesday.

The three tailoring groups

The separates are built around three families, and each one runs across several garment types in a single fabric. Buying two pieces from one family gives you a suit without it reading as a suit.

Dauphine: herringbone wool

The Dauphine group is the most conventional tailoring in the collection and the only one cut in a substantial natural fibre, a 53% virgin wool herringbone blend in light grey. The Dauphine Blazer is single breasted with a peak lapel, and the Dauphine Skirt takes the same cloth into a pencil shape.

This is the group to buy if you want pieces that work in an office and will still be in rotation in three years. The blazer over straight leg denim is the easiest way to wear it.

Odilia: sharp black tailoring

Odilia is the black, structured group. The Odilia Blazer is double breasted with a peak lapel, and the Odilia Straight Pant is a high rise straight leg. Worn together they read as a proper black suit.

The group also extends into dresses, which is where it gets interesting. The Odilia Long Sleeve Midi Dress and the Odilia Long Sleeve Mini Dress are both double breasted blazer dresses, so you get the tailoring language in a single piece.

Jacquie: cream boucle with braid

The Jacquie group is the largest in the collection at six pieces, all in a cream cotton-blend boucle finished with a contrast black braid. The Jacquie Jacket is cropped and relaxed with braid at every edge. The Jacquie Midi Skirt is a mid rise pencil with a wrap front, and the Jacquie Pant is a tailored boot cut.

One detail worth knowing before you order. The Jacquie Pant is the only piece in the group cut without the black braid, so it reads as plain cream rather than two-tone. That makes it the most wearable of the six on its own, and the easiest to pair back to the braided pieces.

The group is completed by the Jacquie Top, an off-the-shoulder double breasted style, and two dresses covered in our guide to which Rebecca Vallance dress to buy.

The tops worth knowing

The tops divide cleanly into two kinds. There are the plain layering pieces and there are the occasion tops that replace a dress entirely.

For layering, the Arille Top is a bias-cut scoop-neck shell that goes under everything, and it comes in ivory and black. The Marietta Top and the Kiana Short Sleeve Top serve the same purpose.

For occasion, the Tallon Top has a draped high cowl neckline with shoulder pads, which gives it enough structure to carry an evening on its own. The Jazzlyn Long Sleeve Top in red is the other option. Both work with the Dauphine and Odilia trousers.

The shirts sit between the two. The Marietta Shirt and the Delphina Blouse both come in cream and black, and both tuck cleanly into a pencil skirt.

The denim

The denim is the least expected part of the range and it is sized differently. Where the rest of the collection runs the UK ladder, the jeans are sold on inch waist measurements. The Adriana Jean, the Kate Relaxed Jean and the Gisele Flare Jean all come in indigo and a vintage wash. We cover the inch-waist conversion in the Rebecca Vallance size guide.

How to build a set

Pick a family and take two pieces from it. Dauphine blazer with the Dauphine skirt is the most formal combination in the collection. Odilia blazer with the Odilia pant is the sharpest. Jacquie jacket with the Jacquie pant gives you a cream suit that is softer than either.

Then break the set. The point of buying separates rather than a dress is that the blazer goes over denim on the weekend and the pencil skirt takes a plain knit on a workday.

Browse the full range on the Rebecca Vallance brand page, and shop the categories directly: designer jackets, designer trousers, designer skirts and designer tops.

Frequently asked questions

Does Rebecca Vallance make more than dresses?

Yes. The current collection includes blazers, boucle jackets, tailored trousers, pencil skirts, shirts, blouses, cowl-neck occasion tops and denim. The separates are built around three families, Dauphine, Odilia and Jacquie, each cut across several garment types in one fabric.

Can you buy Rebecca Vallance as a suit?

Yes, though it is sold as separates rather than as a set. Pairing two pieces from the same family gives you a matched suit. The Dauphine blazer with the Dauphine skirt is the most formal option, and the Odilia blazer with the Odilia straight pant is the sharpest.

What is Rebecca Vallance tailoring made from?

It varies by group. The Dauphine pieces are a 53% virgin wool herringbone blend, the Odilia pieces are recycled polyester with a viscose blend lining, and the Jacquie group is a cotton-blend boucle. Dauphine is the natural-fibre option.

How is Rebecca Vallance denim sized?

The jeans are sold on inch waist measurements rather than the UK size ladder used across the rest of the collection. The Adriana, Kate and Gisele styles all come in indigo and a vintage wash.