About Us

JAN BENDER — dresses in two lengths, on the Bergstrasse.

Our shop sits in Bensheim on the Bergstrasse, where the Odenwald comes down to the Rhine plain, and it sells dresses and nothing else: four that fall to the calf and four that stop above the knee. A dress is decided by its length and its waist, so eight pieces is the right number to be able to say something useful about both.

What we sell

Our product type is clothing, and the range is deliberately narrow:

Ladder lace, brown satin, taupe paisley and oatmeal crochet midi dresses
High-low hems and belted or smocked waists across the midi range
Embroidered puff-sleeve and rose-pink ruffle mini dresses with a smocked back
A deep blue tonal floral two-tier mini and a bright blue lace-trim racerback

How the range gets chosen

Dresses are tried on over a full day here, sat down in and walked to the station in, because a waist seam that looks right standing still can travel upwards by the afternoon. Anything that rides, twists at the side seam or creases into a hard line across the hip is taken out of the catalogue rather than photographed around.

What we are not

We are not a reseller working from someone else's catalogue and we do not run end-of-season sales. Dresses are bought in short runs and held here, measured flat by hand; where we have not measured a garment we do not print a number for it.

Orders and delivery

Packing takes 1-3 business days and the carrier estimate is 15 business days. Postage is calculated by distance at checkout; it is not a flat rate, and nothing is added after you place the order.

Getting in touch

Email or telephone, Monday to Friday. If a dress sits shorter than you expected, send the size you ordered and the length you had in mind, and we will compare it with the same size on our rail.