Delfina

A teal crepe skirt with an ivory bodice, the straw worked over the front and couched with gold cord in chevrons. One shoulder is bare; the other carries a gathered puff sleeve. Green stones run along the seam.

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.

Teal crepe with ivory bodice. Natural fine-fibre hand-woven paja toquilla. Gold cord, green stones and gold bead clusters.

Teal crepe skirt with ivory bodice
Hand-woven toquilla straw bustier over the front bodice
Natural fine-fibre paja toquilla
Gold cord chevrons couched across the weave
Green stones and gold bead clusters hand-set through the straw
Asymmetric one-shoulder cut with a gathered puff sleeve
Green stones scattered along the shoulder seam
Boned nude mesh panel at the back
Fitted mermaid skirt to the floor
Concealed centre-back zip

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Delfina

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