Beatriz

A ball gown in ivory silk satin with a corset of open-lattice straw across the front, set with pearls and smoky stones in gold. The skirt is box-pleated and sweeps to a train. The largest piece the house makes.

Paja toquilla is the straw of the Ecuadorian coast, split from the young leaves of the toquilla palm and woven by hand in the towns around Montecristi. The same fibre has been worked there for generations into the finest hats in the world. GALAP sets it into cloth. Each panel is woven to the shape of the garment it will join, then cut and sewn in our New York atelier. No two weaves are identical; the variation is the signature of the hand.

Silk satin with poly lining. Hand-woven toquilla straw. Pearls and smoky marquise stones in gold settings.

Ivory silk satin base
Poly lining
Hand-woven toquilla straw corset worked in open lattice over a satin bustier
Straw across the front bodice; plain satin at the sides and back
Pearls and smoky marquise stones in gold settings, hand-set into the weave
Toquilla waistband with jewelled flower clusters
Strapless sweetheart neckline
Box-pleated full ball skirt sweeping to a train
Gold metal zip at the bodice; separate closure at the skirt

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Beatriz

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