Bib Dress
Limited number available. Made to order.
The Bib is our version of the traditional Holoku. Our version has an elongated bib accompanied with a sharp, gather free balloon sleeve. Almost architectural in its shape, a distillation of the form to its essence. Knee length with on seam pockets, lined bib front and button detail in the back.
Due to the scale of the print, print placement varies on finished garments.
Print: Westbeth
100% cotton. Printed in Italy.
Wash gentle cold and hang dry.
Size Guide | Shipping & Returns
Limited number available. Made to order.
The Bib is our version of the traditional Holoku. Our version has an elongated bib accompanied with a sharp, gather free balloon sleeve. Almost architectural in its shape, a distillation of the form to its essence. Knee length with on seam pockets, lined bib front and button detail in the back.
Due to the scale of the print, print placement varies on finished garments.
Print: Westbeth
100% cotton. Printed in Italy.
Wash gentle cold and hang dry.
Size Guide | Shipping & Returns
Limited number available. Made to order.
The Bib is our version of the traditional Holoku. Our version has an elongated bib accompanied with a sharp, gather free balloon sleeve. Almost architectural in its shape, a distillation of the form to its essence. Knee length with on seam pockets, lined bib front and button detail in the back.
Due to the scale of the print, print placement varies on finished garments.
Print: Westbeth
100% cotton. Printed in Italy.
Wash gentle cold and hang dry.
Size Guide | Shipping & Returns
The Print
Westbeth is named after the famed cooperative housing project developed in the 1960s as affordable homes for artists in the far West Village of Lower Manhattan. The print is a tongue and cheek take on the authentic “artist’s mark.”
Brush stroke gestures are repeated at a suboptimal resolution so the viewer can clearly see they were manufactured rather than handmade. The print looks a little messy and broken apart—like out of a 80s post-punk zine. We updated the print for 2024 using a much deeper and richer black than the original print.
Westbeth Exterior, 1970s
The Bib, a riff on the traditional Holoku
When the missionaries brought the nightgown like Mother Hubbard style to Polynesia they never imagined the riot of color and print that Hawai’i would cover it in. We think its dowdy shape was a sharp rebuke to female objectification.
We spent years mulling over this tradtional shape, trying to figure out how to make it fun and wearable. We decided to exaggerate its essential elements. We pulled out the gathers and the darts to simplify it. We shortened it. And we added a small button detail in the back as a nod to its genteel beginnings.
