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Wildwood Reversible Frock Dress

$159.00

$89.00

Artsy and romantic, our frock dresses were designed to be danced in! They are fully reversible, and feature a scoop neckline on one side, and a v-neck with ties on the other. The adjustable waist ties can be done up in either the front or the back depending on your desired look — or buttoned off altogether for a more oversized flowy vibe.

About the Print:

Our Vancouver Island headquarters for Market of Stars borders a hundred acres of wild woodland, where we can often be found roaming through the trees and dreaming up new designs. This soft, ethereal dress was developed using an archival print from the 1870s entitled “The Home of the Deer” — a work that perfectly captures the calming majesty of the forest. We deconstructed it to create the panels on the dress, with songbirds and sunshine on the sleeves. The bottom reads, ‘My poems wait in the wild places where my heart wanders’, but — because this dress is reversible — it can also be read as ‘Where my heart wanders, my poems wait in the wild places’.

Please note: The nature of our soft bamboo/wood viscose means it’s slightly sheer, so we recommend layering it with our Étoile slip (or any other slip you have) when wearing it with bare legs. Our model in the photos is wearing the dress without a slip.

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.

Unlined. One Size, fits XS-XL. Measures 62cm across the bust, 59cm across the waist, 106 cm long. Model is 5’4” for reference.

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees…I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.”

- Sylvia Plath

“She was free in her wildness…a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city.”

- Roman Payne

“If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.”

- Mary Oliver

How To Wear

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This piece is so effortless to wear! The background is a soft, warm cream with a hint of peach to flatter, and the print is a neutral mix of charcoal, deep khaki, and black. Our reversible dresses are super versatile and can be easily dressed up or down, tied in the front & back, or worn loose and flowy like an oversized tunic. We’ll be wearing this one all summer with sandals, and then layering it up for fall with leggings, a cozy knit cardigan, and lace-up boots. 

Our Muse

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The explorer, the fawn. Women who play in the woods and the rivers, and in the landscape of their own rich imaginations. Women who take the wild path home.

More Inspo

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We were captivated by ‘The Home of the Deer’ — the 1870 litho print we used to make this dress — but we knew we wanted a little more sky in the final design. To do this, we used a second archival print from the same era to create the sleeves — a lithograph entitled ‘The Lonely Isle’. The sunshine and birds come from this print, and marry perfectly with the rest of our wild wood. 

The Poem

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She belongs to the wild places.
River water restless as rabbits,
cedars and sunshine, skipped stones
and skinned knees.
The birds teach her to forget hurt,
their songs settle on her forehead
like a mother’s touch.
The child inside her climbs a tree
and sleeps, her heart
is a nest in the quiet woods.