Valtré | Women's Floral-Texture Long Dress with Lace-Up Back

For the long evening, and the slow walk back

• All-over floral texture in the fabric. The flowers are part of the cloth, not printed onto it.
• Fitted through the bodice, soft trumpet from the waist down. Moves with the room.
• Open back held by a thin lace-up, tied at the small of the spine.

You step into it and the body of the dress finds the shape of you. Someone laces the back, the thin cord crossing slowly from one strap-line down to the other, finishing in a soft bow at the base of the spine. You feel the cool of the open air on the skin between the cords. The bodice ruches gently across the chest, the soft scoop of the neckline sitting where it should. From the waist the skirt softens out and falls to the ankle in slow folds, the all-over floral texture catching the lamp light in tiny shadows as you walk. The claret holds the room. You cross the floor and people turn once and then look away because it is rude to stare. You sit. The fabric settles around you. The evening starts. You only had to wear it.