Meet the One & Done Dress + Long Story Short (s)

Okay. Deep breath. The thing we've been teasing with the little 👀 for weeks is finally REAL, and I need to tell you everything. On Wednesday, August 12 at 7:00 PM EST, two new pieces drop: the One & Done Dress — an athletic dress with a built-in bra, detached pocket shorts, and zero ride-up — and Long Story Short(s), the standalone biker short you're going to live in. 

This is the drop I've wanted to make since day one, and I built both of them to fix the exact things that have ruined my race photos, my park days, and my patience. Let's get into it. 💜

Quick note before the hype train fully leaves the station: the site closes at 6:30 PM EST so we can prep for the drop, and reopens right at 7:00 PM. If you're on the email list, you get the link FIRST.

I don't make pieces because a trend told me to. I make them because something made me insane on a run. Here are the three specific betrayals the One & Done Dress and Long Story Short exist to end.

1. Athletic dresses give your chest NOTHING. This is the big one. Most "athletic" dresses have a flimsy shelf bra. So you either bounce the entire 10K, or you wear a real sports bra UNDER the dress, sweat through two layers, and defeat the entire point of an airy dress. That's not a dress. That's a costume with a cardio penalty.

Here's why it matters, with receipts: the female breast can move up to 21 cm during exercise — half of that straight up and down — and about 72% of active women report breast discomfort during exercise. Support isn't a "nice to have." It's the whole ballgame. So the One & Done has a REAL built-in bra.

2. The sewn-in-shorts bathroom nightmare. Most athletic-dress shorts are stitched right into the skirt. Which means the second you need a mid-run porta-potty or a park-day bathroom, you're basically getting undressed from the neck down. Ours aren't attached. Say it louder for the girls in the back: THE SHORTS COME OFF SEPARATELY.

3. No pockets, so you're stuck strapping on a belt. You know the drill. Cute dress, nowhere for your phone, so you clip on a running belt and ruin the outfit - or you carry your phone in your hand for 6 miles like it's 2009. Both of these pieces carry EMIÉ's signature pocket story: real pockets, so you leave the belt at home.

The name is the whole promise. One and done - nothing to layer, nothing to add, nothing to fight with. You put it on, and you are DRESSED. 

Here's what's actually built into it:

A real built-in bra - with a back that earns its keep. Supportive built-in bra, adjustable cross-back straps, and an open cutout back so it's actually cute (and cooler on a hot day). This is the same "hold the girls in place and forget about them" energy as our Forget About It Bra - now built right into the dress. No second sports bra required. No under-layer sweat swamp.

Detached biker shorts that do real work. Under the skirt: unattached bike shorts with side pockets deep enough for fuel and gels  and a silicone grip hem so they never ride up - the same grip-dot engineering from our Problem Solved Shorts. The skirt gives you coverage; the short does the job. And because it's detached, that bathroom break is a two-second move, not a whole production.

Hidden dress pockets that fit a FULL phone. Not a decorative slit. Not a "maybe an AirPod case" pocket. Hidden side pockets in the skirt, deep enough for your actual phone.

Analyst corner (the specs you want): built-in support bra · adjustable cross-back 

· open/cutout back 

· detached high-waisted bike short with side pockets + silicone grip hem 

· phone-deep hidden skirt pockets 

· sizes XS–XXL 

· shown in a Lilac Geo print. 

Where you'll wear it: lead's obvious - it's a RUN dress. Halves, long runs, RunDisney, the whole thing. But here's the bonus that'll make it your most-worn piece: it's just as at home on a tennis or pickleball court, a brutal Disney park day, or a travel outfit where you want to look human at hour nine. Sport-to-street versatility is exactly why athletic dresses blew up in 2026 - one piece, zero outfit math.

Meet the piece I secretly think is the sleeper hit. Long Story Short is a standalone biker short - and yes, the name is the tagline: run in them, errand in them, layer them under the One & Done Dress… long story short, you'll never take them off.

Why they're about to be your everyday default:

• No ride-up. High-waisted, stays put, squat-tested
• Buttery soft and wear-anywhere - run, gym, errands, or layered under the dress.
• Sizes XS–XXL. Colorways: Lilac Geo + Key Lime

Visionary bit: the real win here isn't a short. It's deleting the 6 AM decision. The pair you grab without thinking, that works for the run AND the Target run, is worth ten cute-but-useless pairs shoved in a drawer.

This one moves fast, so here's your game plan:

1. Get on the list TODAY. Email + SMS subscribers get the drop link at 7:00 PM EST before it hits social. This is the difference between "added to cart" and "sold out, sad."
2. Note the window. Site closes 6:30 PM EST to stage, reopens 7:00 PM EST. Don't panic when it goes quiet at 6:30 - that's the calm before.
3. Know your pick before 7:00. Decide now: dress (biker shorts included), biker shorts, or all of it. Sizes XS–XXL. When it's live, you want to check out, not deliberate.
4. Watch for the keyword. On the launch reel, drop the comment keyword and we'll DM you the link straight to the drop. 
5. Size tip: these run true to our usual fit. If you're between sizes and want the compression-y hold, size down; if you want extra room in the skirt, stay put.

I resisted the athletic dress for an embarrassingly long time- it felt like a lot, and every one I tried either bounced, rode up, or had "pockets" that ejected my phone at mile two. So I did what I always do: I got annoyed enough to design my own version. A dress that holds the girls in place WITHOUT a second bra. Shorts that come off for the bathroom. Pockets that fit a real phone. And then, because I couldn't stop wearing the under-shorts by itself, Long Story Short became its own thing.

That's the whole EMIÉ story in one drop: average runner, real body, real race-day problems, gear that finally acts right. Every pace — and every park day, and every errand — is welcome here. 💜

See you Wednesday at 7. Get on the list, know your size, and let's go.

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