I worked with the Gallello Atelier to create an artwork featuring white lilies to be used for an embroidery design. To bring the illustration to life, the Atelier sourced from France one-of-a-kind, Victorian Era hand-blown glass beads to hand-embroider the elongated design of the Chiara pencil skirt.

Gallello Atelier's embroidery artisan, Evgeniya, employed the Luneville technique to embroider the skirt by hand. Due to the antique nature of the beads, the piece required over 100 hours of hand-embroidery creating a unique, special edition garment.

Lunéville embroidery is a French handcrafted technique that has been used since the 19th century on Haute Couture dresses and accessories. It is a work of complexity that requires great patience, precision and meticulousness. The technique is known as 'les mains d'or' or the golden hands, which inspired the name of the ateliers collection Gilded Summer.

Gallello Atelier has a family legacy of couturier craft and artisanal excellence since 1950. All garments are hand-tailored in Venice, Italy.