The Colour of Ruin Vestige Midi Dress

Not all beautiful things are destroyed by time. Some are transformed into something stranger, their colours deepening, their innocence spoiling, until the loveliness that remains becomes almost unbearable. The Colour of Ruin Vestige Midi Dress is a feverish little portrait of beauty in the throes of corruption, its tapestry a delirious mingling of poisonous greens, tarnished gold and the bruised, unnatural hues of a garden surrendering to decay. Like an exquisite painting upon which some terrible affliction has begun to spread, its colours seem to flourish and decompose all at once. A vision of corrupted romance, where even the most delicate splendour has acquired a delicious suggestion of the grotesque.

• Midi dress with wide circle skirt
• Vintage lace trims
• Corseted bodice with dainty button detailing
• Hitch detail at front of skirt to expose the black underskirt
• Velveteen trims
• Fixed armhole and sleeve, not elasticated
  

There is a peculiar seduction in watching something beautiful lose its innocence. The first dark stain upon a perfect petal, the gilded surface beginning to tarnish, the slow creeping splendour of ruin as it claims everything in its path. And still, somehow, the beauty only becomes more extraordinary. A little remnant of paradise after the poison has taken hold, too exquisite to be saved, and far too lovely to mourn.

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Outer 100% cotton. Lining 100% cotton.

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