A new key, a new city, and pastel green silk.
A phoenix for the chapter you are starting.
Some years begin in January and some begin the day you sign a lease. Picture the unpacking weekend in a soft green silk blouse, sleeves pushed up, the light from bare windows moving over the phoenix as you decide where everything will go.
Our Emancipation 1925 shirt is a relaxed button-up in 100% mulberry silk, hand-printed with Phoenix Dance on pastel green.
Sizes S to L for US 4 to 14, or Made to measure from the size list for an extra 10% of the listed price.
100% Mulberry silk
4 Size options
+10% Made to measure
We pay the import duty, not you.
Your order ships free from Hanoi within 1 to 3 business days and reaches a US address 9 to 15 business days later. Made to measure needs 3 to 5 more business days before it leaves.
A bird for who you are becoming
Our dragons mark an achievement, while the phoenix speaks of a person, and we suggest it for a new chapter, a recovery, or a woman whose courage you want to honor.
Phoenix Dance is drawn from Ly and Tran Dynasty temple carving, from the age of the One Pillar Pagoda, where carvers set the bird on roof corners and stair flanks to say the country was at peace. On this shirt she drifts through cloud across the pale green, as light as a pencil line.
Before King Ly Thai To moved his capital to Thang Long, the city we now call Hanoi, the chronicles record that a phoenix appeared: a new capital, a new era, and the right bird for a new address. Read about the meaning of the Phoenix Dance motif in our journal.
In the new place
Unpacking weekend Open over a white tank, with jeans and sneakers, the sleeves rolled for the boxes.
Day one at the new job Buttoned under a camel or gray blazer, with a hint of pale green at the collar.
Dinner with new neighbors Tucked into a cream skirt, the silk catching the candlelight across their table.
Find your size
Find your size
These are body measurements, not garment measurements. Choose the column your body falls into and we cut the shirt with the ease this style is designed for.
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S / US 4-6 - bust 34-35 in / 86-89 cm, waist 26-27 in / 66-69 cm
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M / US 8-10 - bust 36-38 in / 91-97 cm, waist 28-30 in / 71-76 cm
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L / US 12-14 - bust 39-41 in / 99-104 cm, waist 31-33 in / 79-84 cm
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Made to measure - US 16-18 and beyond, up to a 46 in / 117 cm bust
Between two sizes? Take the larger one - this shirt is designed to be worn relaxed.
Made to measure, +10%
Every shirt is cut to order in our Hanoi atelier. Select Made to measure, then reply to your order confirmation with your bust, waist and preferred sleeve and body length. Our team confirms within one business day, and tailoring adds 3 to 5 business days before dispatch. Once your measurements are confirmed, we send a secure link for the 10% made-to-measure surcharge. Made-to-measure pieces are not covered by our 30-day return and include one complimentary alteration instead. Same silk, same hand-printed panel, for an extra 10% of the listed price.
Is it real silk?
Yes, 100% mulberry silk, printed by hand in our studio.
ELLE Vietnam and Harper's Bazaar Vietnam have both covered our studio.
What $215 buys
Each color of the phoenix is its own screen and its own pass, printed by hand in Hanoi, and the print is matched across the panels.
The shirt is sewn to order in our atelier and shipped to your new address free, import duty paid. Made to measure adds 10%.
Is pastel green hard to wear?
It sits happily with white, cream, camel, gray and denim, and with the rest of the outfit kept plain it reads calm and assured.
How long until it reaches the new place?
S, M or L: 1 to 3 business days in Hanoi, then 9 to 15 business days to a US address. Allow up to 18 business days, about three and a half weeks.
Made to measure: add 3 to 5 business days of tailoring before dispatch.
Use the new address at checkout if you will be there when it arrives.
What if it does not fit?
S, M or L: return within 30 days, unworn and unwashed, in the original box. Change-of-mind return postage is yours, and store credit adds 15%.
Made to measure: outside the 30-day return, and one complimentary alteration is included instead.
For a friend who is starting over
After a move Send it to the new address, a housewarming gift for her instead of for the house.
After a hard year The phoenix stands for rebirth, and a line in your note saying so will stay with her.
When size is a guess The green Phoenix Dance scarf tells her the same thing, and a scarf fits every woman.
Every order arrives gift boxed. Put the recipient's address in shipping, add your message in Order Notes, and we write it by hand. No price goes in the parcel.
Care in a new city
Dry cleaning is recommended. Find a cleaner who handles silk; it is worth the search.
If you wash it yourself, hand wash it in cold water, never in a machine, and dry it in the shade.
Specifications
| Material |
100% mulberry silk |
| Color |
Pastel green |
| Motif |
Phung Vu Van Ca · Phoenix Dance · Ly and Tran Dynasties |
| Cut |
Emancipation 1925, relaxed button-up |
| Sizes |
S / US 4-6 · M / US 8-10 · L / US 12-14 · Made to measure |
| Print |
Hand screen-printed, matched across panels |
| Made in |
Hanoi, Vietnam · cut to order |
| Care |
Dry clean recommended |
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