Bib Dress
Limited number available. Made to order.
The Bib is our version of the traditional Holoku. Our version has an elongated bib accompanied with a sharp, gather free balloon sleeve. Almost architectural in its shape, a distillation of the form to its essence. Knee length with on seam pockets, lined bib front and button detail in the back.
Due to the scale of the print, print placement varies on finished garments.
Print: 1961 Acid
100% cotton. Printed in Italy.
Wash gentle cold and hang dry.
Size Guide | Shipping & Returns
Limited number available. Made to order.
The Bib is our version of the traditional Holoku. Our version has an elongated bib accompanied with a sharp, gather free balloon sleeve. Almost architectural in its shape, a distillation of the form to its essence. Knee length with on seam pockets, lined bib front and button detail in the back.
Due to the scale of the print, print placement varies on finished garments.
Print: 1961 Acid
100% cotton. Printed in Italy.
Wash gentle cold and hang dry.
Size Guide | Shipping & Returns
Limited number available. Made to order.
The Bib is our version of the traditional Holoku. Our version has an elongated bib accompanied with a sharp, gather free balloon sleeve. Almost architectural in its shape, a distillation of the form to its essence. Knee length with on seam pockets, lined bib front and button detail in the back.
Due to the scale of the print, print placement varies on finished garments.
Print: 1961 Acid
100% cotton. Printed in Italy.
Wash gentle cold and hang dry.
Size Guide | Shipping & Returns
The Print
What flower is that? Ochid? Hibiscus? A floral that keeps you guessing. How far can you abstract a floral before it falls apart? If you use a classic vintage silkscreen size (29” repeat) with a very loose illustration will the print hold together? What actually creates a resonant print?
The film “Blue Hawaii” came out in 1961. It was a golden era for Aloha shirts. 1961 was developed from those vintage prints. Ours is an illustration of an illustration. A cousin twice removed.
1961 Print detail
The Bib, a riff on the traditional Holoku
When the missionaries brought the nightgown like Mother Hubbard style to Polynesia they never imagined the riot of color and print that Hawai’i would cover it in. We think its dowdy shape was a sharp rebuke to female objectification.
We spent years mulling over this tradtional shape, trying to figure out how to make it fun and wearable. We decided to exaggerate its essential elements. We pulled out the gathers and the darts to simplify it. We shortened it. And we added a small button detail in the back as a nod to its genteel beginnings.
