
Aveline
Corded lace over silk crepe
Full-length column with a lace overlay worked in one piece from shoulder to hem. Buttons to the small of the back over a concealed zip.
- Cloth
- Silk crepe, French corded lace
- Colours
- Ivory, oyster
- Order from
- £3,950
Six gowns, each cut to order. Fabric, colour and finish are chosen at the first fitting.
Collection gowns are not carried in stock. What hangs in the fitting rooms is a sample in a middle size, used to test proportion on the body; the gown you receive is cut from your own measurements in the cloth you choose. Prices below are the starting point for the standard cloth in the standard length. Changes in sleeve, neckline or train are quoted at the second appointment.

Corded lace over silk crepe
Full-length column with a lace overlay worked in one piece from shoulder to hem. Buttons to the small of the back over a concealed zip.

Silk faille, detachable train
A plain-cut faille gown with a two-metre train that unhooks at the waist seam for the evening.

Silk georgette, bias cut
Cut entirely on the bias and rested three weeks on the stand before hemming. Moves with the wearer and creases forgivingly.

Embroidered tulle bodice
Hand-embroidered bodice on a plain skirt, with the embroidery placed to the wearer rather than repeated to a pattern.

Separates: bodice and skirt
A structured bodice and a separate skirt, ordered together or apart, so the skirt can be changed for the evening.

Sleeved lace gown
Long sleeves in the same corded lace as the bodice, set with a shoulder seam that allows the arm to lift fully.
From the ordering appointment to collection, for a collection gown in a standard cloth.
Shell fitting, structure fitting and final fitting, spaced roughly six weeks apart.
Taken when the cloth is cut. The balance falls due at the final fitting, before pressing.
Each appointment is held privately, with one party in the fitting room at a time.
Orders placed inside sixteen weeks are taken only where workroom capacity allows, and carry a short-order charge of 15 per cent. This is quoted in writing before the cloth is ordered.