THE EVOLUTION OF THE SHIRT DRESS

One day, nothing will remain, only the story.

Amelia. Bobbi. Marie. Valentina. Vanda. Amelia Earhart, Bobbi Gibb, Marie Curie, Valentina Tereshkova, Vanda Rutkiewicz—women who, with graceful hands and polished nails, fastened the stiff buttons of men’s shirts for the first time.

A woman who crossed the Atlantic. A runner who defied the rules. A scientist who lit up the world. A cosmonaut who reached for the stars. A mountaineer who conquered peaks without oxygen.

Women who stepped into spaces once reserved only for men. Women who rewrote the story.

Why are we thinking of them now? Over the past decade, we’ve designed twenty collections, and in each one, a shirt dress has found its place. A reinvention of the classic men’s shirt - practical, effortless, timeless. Some were given open backs, others lost their sleeves. Some danced with short bell skirts, others flowed in pleated maxis. I played with fabrics, prints, cuts, belts, names, colors, and dedications. No matter the transformation, they all shared the same fate - becoming bestsellers.

We'll stand by this: the shirt dress is stitched with the spirit of the first women. Amelia, Vanda, Bobbi, Marie, Valentina - the ones who stepped forward when no woman had before. The ones who changed everything.

A shirt dress tells the story of a woman who doesn’t wait to be given anything - she takes it. A woman who owes no one, because what she wants, she claims for herself. A woman who knows she can do anything but also understands she doesn’t have to - unless she wants to.

A woman unbound, yet fastening a belt around her waist - because she chooses to.
A woman who knows that every belt can be undone whenever she desires. Or by someone she allows.

One dress, a hundred stories. One piece that plays every role - elegant with heels, effortless with loafers, bold with sneakers, free and barefoot.

ALEXANDRA. AVIA. DIGNA. DORES. ITANA - just a few of the names I’ve given my shirt dresses. Because anything with a name carries a story. And when all else fades, the stories remain - the ones you create, and the dress that becomes part of them.

SO MUCH OF ME – I really love this name. Which one do you like?