Our latest offering, the Eleanor dress, has an opinion about fabric. The silhouette is clean enough to handle something bold, relaxed enough to let something beautiful just… be. Whether you add all the details of a keyhole neckline and open back or keep it simple, here are four directions worth considering.
Large Scale Florals
This is the showiest option, and it earns it. The key is placement: think about where the biggest motifs will land before you cut. Florals with some breathing room between motifs give you more flexibility. Painterly prints in dusty, soft palettes feel romantic; high-contrast ones give the dress real drama. Fluid rayon or viscose is the move — the drape does half the work.
Polka Dots
A polka dot dress is never not a good idea, and Eleanor knows it. Look for dots with good contrast and a ground colour you’d already reach for — black-and-white reads graphic and modern, cream-on-navy or tan-on-rust pulls a little more vintage. Cotton lawn, rayon challis, or a lightweight poplin all work well here.
Simple Solids
Don’t sleep on a solid. When the design is good, a solid lets you actually see it. Sandwashed cupro is the obvious answer here — it has the texture of silk and enough drape to move well through the skirt. A strong colour (cobalt, magenta, dusty charcoal) will make Eleanor feel like a wardrobe anchor rather than a background piece.
Ditzy Florals
The quietly reliable choice. Ditzy prints read as texture from across a room and reveal themselves up close, which is a genuinely nice quality in a fabric. Cotton lawn, voile, or rayon challis all suit the scale well. A dark ground takes a ditzy print somewhere more unexpected than a light one, if that’s the direction you’re after.
