Jardin de LAT was sketched on a Sunday morning, in a corner of the glasshouse that catches the first light. Ferns press against the windows. A bench, weathered by ten monsoons, is the only furniture. It was the kind of quiet that asks for a different kind of dress — softer, looser, less occupied with being seen.
Eleven gowns followed. Each cut from European silk tulle, layered in seven veils of varying weight. The bodices are gardens of their own — chiffon petals folded by hand, then set with Swarovski crystal until they catch the light the way wet leaves do. Three thousand stones, give or take, to a single shoulder.
It is a collection for the bride who has chosen herself first. Who walks into the room before the music does. Who, on a Sunday morning, would simply rather be in the garden.
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Forty-two croquis, narrowed to eleven. The garden is decided before the first thread is cut.
Each gown drafted first in calico, fit to a half-form, then redrawn. Nothing is cut in silk until the toile sits the way breath does.
Silk tulle from Lyon, Swarovski from Wattens, pearl from Hạ Long. The team grows to fourteen. The bodices begin.
Six fittings per muse, on average. The dress learns the body. The body learns the dress.
Eleven gowns walk the Atelier Glasshouse in Saigon. The collection is shown once, then disassembled — each gown made again, only for its bride.
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N°08Twelve gowns, each made for one bride. Click any look to open its gallery.
Jardin de LAT is available by private appointment at our Saigon atelier and Hanoi showroom, and by virtual fitting for our brides abroad.