Wild Beauty Opera Duster (Full Length)

$148.00

Majesty, luxury, and good luck! Peacocks — symbols of strength, confidence, luck, and royalty — have been celebrated for their glorious and colourful plumage throughout history. This remarkable piece features several dramatic, deliciously rich artworks from the 1600’s by Dutch painter Melchior d’Hondecoeter in a lush palette of crimson, ochre, black and cerulean blue. The whimsical trim is a peacock toile print we created using a reconstructed French textile fragment from the same era. This one is a showstopper — get ready for compliments ;)

100% viscose (derived from plant fibres such as bamboo and wood). Machine wash gentle or handwash and hang to dry. Iron to finish if needed.

Kimono measurements: length 118cm, width 78 cm (across back, underarm to underarm). Model is 5’9” for reference.

"Dream tonight of peacock tails, diamond fields, and spouter whales…
dreams tonight will shelter you.”
- Herman Melville

“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
- Coco Chanel

“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.”
- Claude Monet

How To Wear

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Whether you style it with jeans & boots, or you level it up with a black dress and dramatic jewellery — this piece is a standout! We love a more-is-more aesthetic with this design, so don’t be afraid to go bold with layers of texture and colour. We’ll be wearing it for everyday with distressed denim, natural stone necklaces (loving the look of blue lapis and orange carnelian!), gold hoops, and lots of attitude. We also love a sleeker, artsy vibe with this one — try pairing it with dark denim, a simple black turtleneck or scoopneck and boots for an unexpected and effortlessly cool outfit.

Our Muse

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The tastemaker, the adventuress. Women who live a life of style and substance, who take a chance and say yes to themselves. Women who dare to bet on their own wild hearts.

More Inspo

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The peacock has a long and interesting history of myth and symbolism in cultures throughout the world! To the Greeks, the peacock was the chosen emblem of Zeus’s wife, Hera, and she chose them to pull her chariot. In India they represent beauty and royalty and are depicted often in painting and sculpture — most famously in the Peacock Throne used by Emperor Sah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal. In Chinese mythology peacock feathers were a symbol of luck and protection, and to the Victorians — who adorned their gardens and parlours with peacock imagery — they represented wealth, beauty, and the celebration of art.

The Poem

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Blink

If you tire of work today,
blink and become a bird. See
for a moment how your fingers
are feathers, sleek as ravens
bejewelled as peacock tails, soft
as the underside
of a sparrow. Your wings
hold nothing but let them carry you
feel them lift and dive, see how their wind
moves the grass, the waves,
the farthest star.