
Please see Pareo Part I and Part II for context. At long last I have found an original fragment of one of the pareu prints that I couldn’t find in any collection - only in photographs being worn...
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Pareo, A Print Odyssey: Part II
This is taken from the essay “Pareo Print Narrative” — part of the RISD Museum’s collection along with samples of this print. Please read Part I first. A Slight Detour During my research I stumbl...
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Pareo, A Print Odyssey: Part I
This is taken from the essay “Pareo Print Narrative” — part of the RISD Museum’s collection along with samples of this print.I am indebted to Dale Hope who brought a wealth of knowledge in his gene...
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the form A classic 1970’s halter dress ready for your grand entrance. Origami is a true labor of love for us, trying to capture that 70s sense of glamour. With its complex pleating and inte...
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the form A shirt dress meets a smock for all your day dress daydreams. The Margrethe dress; artist smock meets shirt dress. With classic menswear details and an easy one piece body, this dr...
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the form Simple a line dress built for your endless summer. The long dress is a dead simple a-line maxi dress made in mid weight cotton twill. But of course getting a simple thing right is ...
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the form Or you call it caftan. Our version has unexpected shaping to make it that much cleverer. This kaftan has been with us since our earliest season because it is a versatile, easy to t...
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Based on the “fashion” Holoku, we modernized it with a swing body and a simplified pleating. There is nothing more iconic than the watteau pleating that adorns the Hawaiian Holoku form. At ...
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Based on the “traditional” Holoku, it’s a dress ready for both work and play. A riff on the “traditional” Holoku, a style made from the dowdy “mother hubbard” style reimagined across Polyn...
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