Somewhere between dream and reality

In a house where the clocks run a little slow, someone is drifting through the rooms in a corset with silk coming loose at its edges, a skirt so full it brushes both walls of the corridor and a drape of fabric that must have snagged on a branch somewhere. A letter waits, in a hand she almost recognises. Nothing feels quite real and nothing really makes sense, but it’s the loveliest moment she can remember. Onirica is one of those dreams, the odd and beautiful ones where nothing has to make sense to be in your memories for the rest of your life.

There are no set outfits in this collection. A cami, a corset belt, skirts, a bolero, a duster coat, gloves and a very voluminous overskirt, each one designed to sit happily with the others and with pieces from our earlier collections. Layer them one way for the ceremony, then take something off or add something on as the evening moves along. Nobody will be wearing quite what you’re wearing.

You’ll find new and unique fabrics: crisp silk dupion, and a creased fabric we developed in the studio, creased for good so its imperfection becomes its most unique feature. Raw hems and fraying edges sit against structured corsets, weighty fabrics and couture techniques so the polished and the undone live in the same look.