Desert Rose Top

The Desert Rose Top, so cool and light in colour that it could almost be a liquid, is a garment for the woman who is prepared to dress down without looking like a slob. It is to be worn with shorts, or jeans, or maybe even a skirt if that is the way the evening is going, and it will step up to the mark without looking as if it is trying too hard. The good news is that it won’t be trying hard at all, because the Desert Rose Top is about as relaxed as a top can get without actually falling off. The neckline, a little bit shaped like a V, is also relaxed. As if to show how relaxed it is, the neckline doesn’t even come together until it gets to the buttons, and the buttons aren’t there to make a fuss, just to be there. They are the buttons that don’t say much but know how to listen. The same goes for the ruffles on the sleeves, which are there to create a little bit of animation without making a drama out of it. In colour, the top is so soft that it almost isn’t there. The softness is the softness of a desert rose. A desert rose isn’t a rose as most people know roses: it’s a rose that grows in sand. Sand will be about the only thing it weighs more than. The fabric, in other words, will be light. In the heat, under the sun, light is what you want. The Desert Rose Top will be light not just on the body but on the mind. It will be soft against the skin. Soft and light, light and soft, it’s the top that will always be there.