Livia

A straight ivory column with long sleeves and structured shoulders. The straw is set into a deep V at the centre front, with a line of pearls worked down the weave in a chevron. Nothing at the sides, nothing at the back.

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.

Structured heavy crepe with stretch lining. Hand-woven toquilla straw. Hand-applied pearls.

Structured heavy crepe base, ivory
Stretch lining
Fine hand-woven toquilla straw panel set into a deep V plunge
Pearls hand-applied down the centre of the weave in a chevron pattern
Structured shoulders
Sculpted long sleeves with zip cuffs
Straight column silhouette to the floor

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Livia

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