Aurora Fuchsia Damask Hand-Dyed Silk Jacquard Maxi Dress

As seen inBritish Vogue · Tatler · Grazia

Each Aurora Fuchsia Damask is made to order in Vietnam and will be with you within 3 weeks of ordering, including UK delivery time.

Fuchsia is not a colour for the hesitant. The Aurora in Fuchsia Damask wears it at full saturation — a vivid, jewel-bright pink hand-dyed into pure jacquard silk. Across the ground, a traditional damask weave traces an all-over fleur-de-lis pattern: stylised lilies set within an ogival lattice, the kind of ornament that has signalled quiet nobility for centuries. In flat light the dress reads as one luminous sweep of pink. Turn into the light, and the damask lifts from the ground — the same fuchsia, but now patterned, dimensional, catching the room in soft architectural relief.

Each Aurora Fuchsia Damask is handcrafted in Vietnam by artisan weavers and dyers whose traditions span generations. The jacquard fabric — an 80% silk, 20% viscose mulberry silk blend — is woven in small batches before being hand-dyed to achieve the distinctive fuchsia ground. The silhouette is deliberately spare: a clean column that falls approximately 135 centimetres from the shoulder, with a wide, softly rounded neckline at the front and an open V-back. At the hem, a discreet side slit allows ease of movement without interrupting the line of the dress.

Wear it to a black-tie occasion with a single strand of pearls and nothing else. Take it to a spring wedding, to a formal dinner, to any room that deserves to be entered with intention. The damask pattern shifts with every movement and every change of light — restrained in shadow, luminous where the silk catches the room.

The Aurora Fuchsia Damask is produced in very small numbers. Each piece is hand-dyed individually, and the colour will carry the subtle warmth and variation unique to that process. This is slow fashion in its truest form — made carefully, by the same hands from first thread to final stitch.

• Shell: Mulberry silk blend (80% silk, 20% viscose) — traditionally woven fleur-de-lis damask jacquard
• Lining: Mulberry silk blend (80% silk, 20% viscose) — smooth and gentle against the skin
• Hand-dyed fuchsia ground — vivid, saturated, subtly unique to each piece
• All-over fleur-de-lis damask jacquard pattern
• Clean column silhouette — elongated, unfussy, quietly commanding
• Wide, softly rounded neckline; open V-back
• Discreet side slit at hem
• Maxi length: 135cm
• Available in UK sizes 8, 10, 12, 14
• Handcrafted in Vietnam by heritage artisan makers
• Made to order — ready and with you within 3 weeks
• Dry clean recommended; gentle hand wash in cool water as alternative
• Do not tumble dry; hang or lay flat away from direct sunlight