Montreal keeps two wardrobes and swaps between them twice a year. Everything ships from our warehouse in Calgary and stays inside Canada — no customs, no duty, three to five days from dispatch to your door.
Real photos from our shoots, and every dress here is in stock right now. Tap a look to choose your size.
Orders are picked and packed by hand in Calgary, usually the same day they arrive. Each dress travels flat in tissue inside a rigid box, so a velvet pile or a pressed pleat reaches Quebec the way it left the warehouse. Nothing crosses a border on the way, which is why the timeframe holds even in the middle of December.
An order placed on Friday evening leaves on Monday. The same terms apply across the island and off it — same timeframe, same free-over-$250 threshold.
There is no gentle transition here. The year splits down the middle, and so does everything in the closet.
Temps des fêtes, gala season, New Year. The walk from the taxi to the door is short and vicious, and the dress has to survive it without a coat ruining the line.
Terrasses from the first warm evening, weddings outdoors, festivals that take over whole streets. The city moves outside and stays there until it can’t.
The question we are asked more than any other is what «cocktail» actually means on a Quebec invitation. The honest answer is that the venue tells you more than the wording does — and in Montreal the two are rarely saying the same thing.
Stone, high ceilings, a room where everyone has clearly thought about it. Formality is assumed rather than stated — read cocktail here as closer to black tie than the words suggest.
A floor-length or a strong column silhouette, restrained hardware, and a fabric with weight to it. Heels that survive cobblestone between the venue and the car.
An hour out of the city and the register changes completely: barns, vineyards, lawns, a ceremony that runs into a long outdoor dinner.
A midi in a fabric that moves, a hem clear of the grass, and a flat or a block heel you can actually stand in. Bring the wrap — it drops ten degrees after the toasts.
Floor length, no exceptions worth taking. Satin, velvet or a heavy crepe — see evening dresses.
Midi is the safest read in Montreal. Short works in summer, less so in a December ballroom — see cocktail dresses.
Look at the venue, not the wording. A château and a farmhouse are two different dresses — our guest guide walks through both.
Everything below is in the Calgary warehouse today and leaves on the next working day. Sizes shown on each card are the ones actually left.
There is no fitting room here, so measurements do the work. It takes ten minutes and saves a return.
For corset and bustier styles the deciding measurement is underbust, not bust — a boned bodice has almost no give and has to sit correctly vertically as well.
Still unsure? Send your measurements and the dress you are considering to info@the-clipse.com — we answer with an honest recommendation, including when the answer is that neither size will work.
