{"product_id":"perla-skirt-silk-cotton","title":"The Perla Skirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Perla Skirt is a light silk and cotton skirt with hand woven lace along the hem, hand stitched in Bali. It comes in two colorways, Perla White and Dark Moon Black, and choosing between them is most of the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the planet of polarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLight and dark, and a whole life spent learning that they were never enemies. They are a pair of hands. You cannot hold anything with only one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo the skirt was made twice. The same silk cotton, the same cut, the same lace, in the white and in the black, and they do not read as the same garment at all. Perla White is the pearl. Dark Moon Black is the water it came out of. You will already know which one is yours, and that knowing is the polarity doing its work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe lace\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lace along the hem is woven by hand. Not applied, not machine made, woven, which is why the pattern does not repeat with perfect regularity and why the next one will not match this one exactly. It is the slowest part of the garment and the reason the skirt reads as elegant from across a room rather than only up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe silk and the cotton together keep it light. Silk carries the light, cotton keeps it honest and keeps it cool against the skin. It moves when you move and it settles the moment you stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere it came from\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was drawn for a tea trip. Mayra was travelling to Taiwan with Global Tea Hut, and she wanted something she could sit on a floor in for three hours, rise from without rearranging herself, and still feel properly dressed for a ceremony in. Everything about the cut comes from that one requirement.\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\u003eWorn alone it is the quietest elegant thing you own. Worn with the matching jacket it becomes a whole way of arriving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe matching jacket\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/perla-jacket-silk-cotton\"\u003ePerla Jacket\u003c\/a\u003e in the same silk cotton, a front wrap cut from the same tea trip. Take the skirt 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\u003ePerla White\u003c\/strong\u003e is the pearl, a white with warmth inside it rather than glare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDark Moon Black\u003c\/strong\u003e is the water it came out of. Same skirt, same lace, entirely different woman wearing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat makes it different\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand woven lace at the hem,\u003c\/strong\u003e the slowest part of the garment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight silk and cotton,\u003c\/strong\u003e the light of one and the composure of the other\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo colorways,\u003c\/strong\u003e Perla White and Dark Moon Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCut to sit on a floor in,\u003c\/strong\u003e which is what it was drawn for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatching front wrap jacket,\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe honest note\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lace is hand woven, so it varies. Small irregularities in the pattern are the mark of the hands that made it and not a fault, and no two hems are identical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilk relaxes rather than creases. Keep it out of long direct sun, which is the one thing silk will not forgive. Cold hand wash or a gentle cycle in a mesh bag, hang to dry, do not wring. Take particular care with the lace.\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\u003eWhich colorway should I choose?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost women know within a few seconds, and that instinct is usually right. If you are genuinely torn, Perla White reads lighter and more ceremonial and Dark Moon Black is the one you will wear more often. They are the same skirt and they are not the same decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCan I add the jacket?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. Choose Skirt + 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\u003eHow do I care for the lace?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCold hand wash is kindest. If you use a machine, put the skirt in a mesh bag on a gentle cycle so the lace has nothing to catch on. Hang to dry out of direct sun and do not wring it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIs it see through?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body of the skirt is not. The lace at the hem is open by nature, which is what lace is, and it sits at the hem rather than anywhere that needs covering.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Myrah Penaloza","offers":[{"title":"Perla White \/ S\/M \/ Skirt only","offer_id":49231231320247,"sku":"WSKT-25\/PW-SC\/SM","price":288.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Perla White \/ M\/L \/ Skirt only","offer_id":49231231353015,"sku":"WSKT-25\/PW-SC\/ML","price":288.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Perla White \/ S\/M \/ Skirt + Jacket","offer_id":49231231385783,"sku":"WSKT-25\/PW-SC\/SM+JKT","price":512.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Perla White \/ M\/L \/ Skirt + Jacket","offer_id":49231231418551,"sku":"WSKT-25\/PW-SC\/ML+JKT","price":512.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Moon Black \/ S\/M \/ Skirt only","offer_id":49231231451319,"sku":"WSKT-25\/DMB-SC\/SM","price":288.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Moon Black \/ M\/L \/ Skirt only","offer_id":49231231484087,"sku":"WSKT-25\/DMB-SC\/ML","price":288.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Moon Black \/ S\/M \/ Skirt + Jacket","offer_id":49231231516855,"sku":"WSKT-25\/DMB-SC\/SM+JKT","price":512.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Moon Black \/ M\/L \/ Skirt + Jacket","offer_id":49231231549623,"sku":"WSKT-25\/DMB-SC\/ML+JKT","price":512.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1658\/8453\/files\/1_2ef79bc9-6a98-46c7-a9e8-b3e1c3fee7c0.jpg?v=1790254870","url":"https:\/\/myrahpenaloza.com\/products\/perla-skirt-silk-cotton","provider":"Myrah Penaloza","version":"1.0","type":"link"}