{"product_id":"gloria-dress-silk-cotton","title":"The Gloria Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gloria Dress is a lightweight silk and cotton dress with a round neck and deep side pockets, hand stitched in Bali. It is the newest release from the Oracle Collection, and the first piece in silk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGloria means glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd glory, in the older sense of the word, has nothing at all to do with volume. It is the word for what shows. The visible part of something that was already there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhich is the one thing silk does that no other fibre manages. It does not add light. It returns the light already in the room, and it returns it off you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe silk and the cotton together do what neither does alone. The silk carries that light. The cotton keeps it honest, and keeps it cool against the skin in a way that pure silk never manages. It is light enough to travel in and fine enough that you will not want to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe neck is round and open, and that is deliberate. It is the one neckline that leaves room for whatever you choose to wear at your throat. There are deep side pockets, because your hands have to live somewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is hand stitched by the artisan families who have made for this house since the beginning, each of them paid a real living wage, never a factory garment. Silk and cotton, no synthetics, as with everything we make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNothing about this dress makes you more than you were. It only makes it harder to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe matching layer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/gloria-jacket-silk-cotton\"\u003eGloria Jacket\u003c\/a\u003e cut from the same silk cotton. Take the dress on its own, the jacket on its own, or the two together as a set using the option above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eColorways\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOff White Perla\u003c\/strong\u003e is named for the pearl it matches, a white with warmth inside it rather than glare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDark Moon Black\u003c\/strong\u003e is the other half of the argument. The same cloth and the same cut, and it does not read as the same dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes it different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSilk and cotton,\u003c\/strong\u003e the light of one and the composure of the other\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRound neck,\u003c\/strong\u003e open, and left clear on purpose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeep side pockets,\u003c\/strong\u003e actually functional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLightweight,\u003c\/strong\u003e cool against the skin, packs without protest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo colorways,\u003c\/strong\u003e Off White Perla and Dark Moon Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatching jacket available,\u003c\/strong\u003e separately or as a set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand stitched in Bali,\u003c\/strong\u003e never a factory garment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSizing\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable in S\/M and M\/L. Cut to move freely across a range of body shapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe honest note\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilk does not crease the way linen does. It relaxes rather than holds, so most of what a day puts into it falls out overnight. Keep it out of long direct sun, which is the one thing silk will not forgive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in small batches, so when a size is gone it may be gone for a season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCommon questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow does it compare to the Oracle Gown?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth are long, both are made by the same hands. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/oracle-gown-moon-milk-linen\"\u003eOracle Gown\u003c\/a\u003e is stone washed linen with a high Japanese neckline and a bow at the side. The Gloria is silk and cotton with a round neck, lighter on the body and quieter in the hand. The Gown is the ceremony. This one is the evening after it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCan I add the jacket?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. Choose Dress + Jacket in the option above and both pieces arrive together in your size and colorway. The jacket is also available on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCan I wear it to a wedding?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes, and it is one of the few pieces that works as a guest, as a witness, or as the woman getting married in something other than a wedding dress. Off White Perla for the second, Dark Moon Black for the first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat does the name mean?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGloria is glory, and it carries an 8. Saturn's number. Structure, and abundance that was earned rather than given.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do I care for it?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCold hand wash, or a gentle cycle in a mesh bag. Hang to dry out of direct sun. 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