Celeste Mulberry Bloom Silk Jacquard Maxi Dress – Flared Sleeve

As seen inBritish Vogue · Tatler · Grazia

Each Celeste Mulberry Bloom is handcrafted to order in Vietnam and will be with you within 3 weeks of ordering, including UK delivery time.

The mulberry is a colour with history — deep and wine-dark, the colour of ink and damask and late-autumn fruit. In the Celeste Mulberry Bloom, it is hand-dyed onto a traditional Vietnamese silk jacquard woven with a scattered bloom motif, the colour settling differently across each raised petal and flat ground of the weave. The result is a fabric that seems to shift in the light: purple in shadow, magenta-touched in the sun, always richly, unapologetically itself.

The Celeste silhouette frames this extraordinary fabric with considered restraint — a relaxed column that falls 135 centimetres from a round neckline, the long sleeves releasing into a single flared hem at the cuff that catches and moves with the same gentle authority as the body of the dress. A concealed back zip and hidden side pockets keep the exterior clean and uninterrupted, while the 80% silk 20% viscose lining ensures the dress moves as it was always meant to — without friction, without fuss.

The Mulberry Bloom is an evening dress in the truest sense: it belongs to grand occasions, to the theatre and the gallery opening and the dinner table set for celebration. But like all the best silk pieces, it is also entirely at home in quieter moments — a gathering of close friends, a long weekend in the country, any occasion that calls for something that looks as though real thought has gone into it.

Handmade in Vietnam by artisans working in the tradition of the jacquard weavers and hand-dyers who have shaped Vietnamese silk culture for centuries, the Celeste Mulberry Bloom is a dress made entirely by hand from first thread to final stitch. Silk jacquard maxi dresses of comparable craft are typically priced between £295 and £520; at £340, the Mulberry Bloom is an honest price for a garment woven, dyed and sewn by hand.

• Hand-dyed mulberry silk blend jacquard: 80% silk, 20% viscose
• Scattered floral bloom jacquard pattern
• Full silk blend lining: 80% silk, 20% viscose
• Relaxed column maxi silhouette, 135cm length
• Round neckline with long sleeves and flared cuff hem
• Hidden side pockets
• Concealed back zip closure
• Handmade in Vietnam by traditional artisans
• Made to order — ready and with you within 3 weeks
• Available in UK 8, 10, 12, 14
• Dry clean recommended; gentle hand wash in cool water as alternative