Small green-and-brown creatures scattered across natural flax — grasshoppers
mid-leap, little curling snakes, star-bursts, crossed twigs — with a grass-green
collar and cuffs and a woven braid running the entire length of the front.

Before you decide about the grasshoppers: they are the oldest good-luck charm
there is. Athenian nobles wore golden grasshopper pins as a mark of rank. Egypt
cut them into amulets. Almost everywhere in the world, one turning up in your
house means good fortune — and almost everywhere, you're not supposed to harm
one. They only ever leap forward. Never backward. Which is precisely how they
came to mean what they mean.

What keeps them elegant rather than novelty is the treatment: drawn small, in two
colours, scattered sparsely across a lot of quiet ground, and framed by that
braid. You notice them at conversational distance, not from across a room.

The rest is a properly built shirt dress — a collar, braid down the full front,
short sleeves with matching cuffs, deep pockets, and a fine leather tie at your
natural waist. Leather, not self-fabric, which happens to be the exact thing
stylists prescribe so that a long shirt dress never reads as a dressing gown.
Pull it in, or leave it hanging.

Linen and hemp together underneath: breathable, remarkably strong, and softer
every single time you wash it.

Flat tan sandals, gold at the ear, and somewhere green to stand.

Linen-hemp blend · pointed contrast collar with woven braid · woven braid running the full length of the centre front · short sleeves with contrast cuffs and matching braid · fine leather tie belt at the natural waist · side pockets · full A-line maxi skirt · small scattered hand-drawn motifs · relaxed through the body, drawn in at the waist by the belt · a natural flax ground in a substantial blend — nude underneath disappears · take your usual size; the belt sets the waist · model is 5'7" and wears a size M · in Hayfield · machine wash cold, gentle cycle, hang to dry, warm iron while damp — and no fabric softener