The Kiss Before Night Belladonna Gown

Size	Bust (in)	Waist (in)
3XS	29	23
XXS	31	25
XS	33	27
S	35	29
M	37	31
L	39	33
XL	41	35
XXL	43.5	37.5
1X	46	40
2X	49	43
3X	52	46
4X	55	49

There is an old and terrible superstition that moths are the messengers of the dead, bearing the souls of those who have not quite surrendered their hold upon the living world. The Kiss Before Night Belladonna Gown is a magnificent manifestation of that spectral romance, its vast expanse of midnight black haunted by a multitude of ghostly grey wings, as though an entire congregation of nocturnal creatures has gathered for some strange and solemn rite. They flutter through the darkness like fragments of a hundred vanished souls, their pale markings emerging and disappearing amongst the extravagant folds. A vision of Victorian gothic horror at its most exquisitely theatrical, where mourning has become a thing of almost supernatural splendour.

Cotton dress in our gothic moth pattern
Wide skirt with historical curtain detailing
Corseted bodice with boning flatters
Delicate puff sleeves which can be worn on or off the shoulder
Cinching corset closure allows for a customized fit
Lace trims throughout
Fully lined

Imagine the final candle burning in a room filled with shadows, and the sudden, impossible stirring of a thousand delicate wings. A last gathering of beautiful, restless things before the darkness claims them, each drawn towards the dying flame by some longing it cannot resist. There is something terribly romantic in such a spectacle, this magnificent procession of creatures suspended between desire and destruction. An exquisite farewell to the living world, and perhaps the most beautiful way of vanishing into the night.