Acler Bromton Mini Dress Size:12 candied orange

candied orange

There is nothing soft in it anywhere

Asymmetric front and back seaming

or against denim to take the sweetness out of the gingham

Sculptural rather than cosy

Acler Bromton Mini Dress Size:12 candied orangeMost sculpted minis will not let you sit down. This one will. Dupion is a silk style weave with slubs running through it, spun from a double cocoon and woven here with stretch. That is what holds the architecture at the shoulder and still gives at the waist when you take a chair. The print is placed rather than repeated, positioned to the pattern piece before the dress was cut. Marquee warm, walk to it cold. The shape survives both. Spec Woven stretch