Silk & Bears
Aurora Scarlet Mosaic Hand-Dyed Silk Jacquard Maxi Dress
Aurora Scarlet Mosaic Hand-Dyed Silk Jacquard Maxi Dress
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✓ Made to order — ready and with you within 3 weeks
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How this dress fits
The Aurora is designed to fall loose and fluid — a clean column that skims the body rather than following it, so it will feel roomier than a fitted dress. That is the shape, not a sizing error. Take your usual UK size; there is no need to size up. If you prefer a closer line through the body, size down.
Not your size? Made to measure
This dress is cut in UK 8–14 — but our atelier will make it from a UK 6 to a UK 18, to your own measurements, for £50 more. Ready in the same 3–4 weeks.
Our maxi dresses fall to around 135cm, which is long on a shorter frame. We set the length to you at no extra cost — shorter if you are petite, longer if you intend to wear a heel. And if your bust, waist and hips fall in three different sizes, that is precisely what a commission is for.
Each Aurora Scarlet Mosaic is made to order in Vietnam and will be with you within 3 weeks of ordering, including UK delivery time.
There is a particular audacity in wearing red without apology. The Aurora in Scarlet Mosaic does not soften it — it deepens it. The ground is hand-dyed to a rich, saturated scarlet, and over it, a traditional Vietnamese jacquard weaves an all-over geometric mosaic pattern: interlocking quatrefoils and cross-shaped motifs that recall the precision of ornamental tilework, the repeating geometry of a courtyard seen from above. In still light the fabric reads as one saturated whole. Move into the light, and the woven pattern emerges from the ground in a thousand small, deliberate facets — the same scarlet, but suddenly architectural, dimensional, alive.
Each Aurora Scarlet Mosaic 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 scarlet ground, a process that gives the colour its characteristic depth and intensity. The silhouette is deliberately spare: a clean column that falls 135 centimetres from thin shoulder straps, with a round neckline at the front and an open V-back secured by a single button at the nape. 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 winter wedding, to a formal dinner, to any room that deserves to be entered with intention. The mosaic pattern shifts with every movement and every change of light — restrained in shadow, luminous where the satin catches the room.
The Aurora Scarlet Mosaic 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 geometric mosaic jacquard
- Lining: Mulberry silk blend (80% silk, 20% viscose) — smooth and gentle against the skin
- Hand-dyed scarlet ground — rich, saturated, subtly unique to each piece
- All-over interlocking geometric mosaic jacquard pattern
- Clean column silhouette — loose and fluid by design; take your usual UK size
- Round neckline with thin shoulder straps; open V-back with single button clasp at nape
- Discreet side slit at hem
- Maxi length: 135cm
- Available in UK sizes 8, 10, 12, 14 (US 4–10 · EU 36–42 · DE 34–40)
- 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
Between two sizes, or would you like a measurement checked before you order? Because each Aurora is made to order, we can measure the garment for you before it is cut. See our size guide for full body measurements and fit notes, or email info@silkandbears.com and we will come back to you personally.
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