Saclum

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TechniquE

The embroidery technique in Saclum requires incredible skill and is very labor intensive. They use two fabrics for the embroidery. The top fabric is used as guide for their artwork. For the artwork, they have the patterns memorized and they use the fine weave of the fabric to count the stitches. When the embroidery is finished, they remove the top fabric, thread by thread. It is exceedingly time consuming, and the result is very fine and exacting.

creating the dress

Working with the artisans, we describe the style we want to do, and work with them using their traditional motifs on an untraditional fabric base: silk.

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The Paola

The results of our collaboration. The Paola dress, featuring the traditional embroidery from the women of Saclum on silk. Beautiful classic simplicity. The dress is hand finished and each one is one of a kind. We’ve made a very limited number. You can order yours here.

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