Ume Glow

A vision of gold: plum blossoms worked in bullion over candlelit ivory silk.

The heaviest hand in the collection. A floor-length column of ivory silk carrying a garden of golden plum blossoms, embroidered in raised bullion and bead over weeks of work, with a braided rope strap and a slit cut for movement. Photographed under the red moon that presides over the whole chapter.

Fabric

Duchess silk, bullion goldwork, glass bead

In the atelier

The gold blossoms are couched and raised by hand across the full length of the gown.

Lead time

8 to 12 weeks