Friendship Love and Truth Opera Duster
When we created our original FLT short kimono, we had no idea how popular it would be! Beloved by our Stargazer community, we had so many requests to make a longer version that we knew we had to try — and we’re obsessed with the results. Featuring a removable belt, you can wear this fantastic piece in so many creative ways.
It takes a bold heart to live your truth. To keep reminding yourself that love is the answer, even on your hard days! We created this eclectic, super cool opera-length kimono from an 1880s print unearthed in a library archive, and adapted the utterly charming wood-grain lettering to build the trim. The result is one of our favourite pieces in the collection: beautiful and completely unique, with a lot of romance, and a touch of rock and roll.
There are so many delightful images on this duster, all of which are historic symbols of friendship, love, and truth! The beehive traditionally represents cooperation, and the bundle of sticks is a symbol of teamwork and solidarity. The clasped hands signify trust and fellowship, the heart-in-hand represents charity and kindness, and the eye is a symbol of truth. The flowers — of course — signify eternal love.
100% bamboo/wood viscose. Machine wash gentle or handwash and hang to dry. Iron to finish if needed.
Kimono measurements: length 116cm, width 78 cm (across back, underarm to underarm). Model is 5’5” for reference.
When we created our original FLT short kimono, we had no idea how popular it would be! Beloved by our Stargazer community, we had so many requests to make a longer version that we knew we had to try — and we’re obsessed with the results. Featuring a removable belt, you can wear this fantastic piece in so many creative ways.
It takes a bold heart to live your truth. To keep reminding yourself that love is the answer, even on your hard days! We created this eclectic, super cool opera-length kimono from an 1880s print unearthed in a library archive, and adapted the utterly charming wood-grain lettering to build the trim. The result is one of our favourite pieces in the collection: beautiful and completely unique, with a lot of romance, and a touch of rock and roll.
There are so many delightful images on this duster, all of which are historic symbols of friendship, love, and truth! The beehive traditionally represents cooperation, and the bundle of sticks is a symbol of teamwork and solidarity. The clasped hands signify trust and fellowship, the heart-in-hand represents charity and kindness, and the eye is a symbol of truth. The flowers — of course — signify eternal love.
100% bamboo/wood viscose. Machine wash gentle or handwash and hang to dry. Iron to finish if needed.
Kimono measurements: length 116cm, width 78 cm (across back, underarm to underarm). Model is 5’5” for reference.
When we created our original FLT short kimono, we had no idea how popular it would be! Beloved by our Stargazer community, we had so many requests to make a longer version that we knew we had to try — and we’re obsessed with the results. Featuring a removable belt, you can wear this fantastic piece in so many creative ways.
It takes a bold heart to live your truth. To keep reminding yourself that love is the answer, even on your hard days! We created this eclectic, super cool opera-length kimono from an 1880s print unearthed in a library archive, and adapted the utterly charming wood-grain lettering to build the trim. The result is one of our favourite pieces in the collection: beautiful and completely unique, with a lot of romance, and a touch of rock and roll.
There are so many delightful images on this duster, all of which are historic symbols of friendship, love, and truth! The beehive traditionally represents cooperation, and the bundle of sticks is a symbol of teamwork and solidarity. The clasped hands signify trust and fellowship, the heart-in-hand represents charity and kindness, and the eye is a symbol of truth. The flowers — of course — signify eternal love.
100% bamboo/wood viscose. Machine wash gentle or handwash and hang to dry. Iron to finish if needed.
Kimono measurements: length 116cm, width 78 cm (across back, underarm to underarm). Model is 5’5” for reference.
“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.”
- Zelda Fitzgerald
“Friends make me stronger. They make me braver.”
- Jane Fonda
“Love yourself, then forget, then love the world.”
- Mary Oliver
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This piece was meant to be worn with attitude and heart! There are so many rich colours to play with — layer it over reds and mustards, or blues and greens. We love to wear this one over a simple black tee and jeans with the belt tied at the back for a cool arthouse vibe! But it also looks incredibly romantic and beautiful just slipped overtop of a dress with a pair of heels, or tied at the waist with a jumpsuit. And before you leave the house, prepare yourself for compliments ;)
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The romantic, the icon. Women who live boldly in colour, who refuse to stop fighting for love. Women who wear their hearts on their sleeves.
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The project of creating a longer version of our classic FLT kimono was no easy task! In order to adjust the pattern to fit and flatter a longer silhouette, we had to deconstruct the original antique lithograph, and essentially recreate it using the individual pieces. Since the artwork was hand coloured in the 1800s — resulting in a unique shaded texture — it was difficult to blend the pieces together to make a seamless pattern. Luckily, our graphic artist Jonathan was up to the challenge, and worked carefully with us over several drafts and many weeks to get it just right! We’re so proud of the results.
In the era before social media and texting, the Victorians were great lovers of using pictures and symbols in their letters, artwork, and communications (kind of like we use emojis today ;)). Symbols like the ones in our FLT design often appeared on greeting cards, postcards, and jewellery to communicate messages of love. Specific flowers even symbolized different things — for example, a camellia was symbol of longing, and the iris represented faith & hope. Back then, just like today, a picture was worth a throusand words :)
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Her teenage dream: just pictures of freedom. The back of a shiny truck, sun rising over the city, purse full of lipgloss and tickets and kisses. Polaroid light on a strong jaw, yellow heartache, red heels, the soft shoulder of her best friend, soft shoulder of paved roads.
Now, she looks back and smiles, how nothing is like she pictured. Bare toes, windy hair, green grass — her sun rises on simple things. Snapshots of morning light in the kitchen, flowers on the table, wine in the fridge, lists and keys and kisses. Phone calls to her best friend, calls of bright birds outside the window.
Her heart is the same. Red as heels, shiny as fresh paint. Yellow ache, green grass, full of kisses.
