Honey & The Moon Artist Dress

$148.00
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Inspired by the traditional French shift, or “chemise”, our Artist Dress is a romantic and painterly piece that’s endlessly versatile. Whether worn as a simple, lightweight dress in the summer, or layered up with tights and boots as a long tunic in the fall, it’s both effortless and adorable! We absolutely love it paired with the matching Artist Pants for a bohemian look, but we encourage you to get creative by mixing it with other pieces in your wardrobe too! Try layering it over a wide leg pant and adding the matching scarf for an expressionist vibe, or pair it with a cozy sweater and sneakers. However you wear it, we hope it brings out your inner artist ;)

About the Print:

Honey & The Moon is our love letter to home — to the spaces we’ve built with our own hands here at Market of Stars,  and the quiet magic that lives in the details. Inspired by the black-and-ivory palette of our little studio and house (styled after a New England church and a century-old general store), this romantic floral design draws from a tangle of 19th-century lithographs — a garden dreamt up in ink. Trimmed in black and scattered with golden bees borrowed from an embossed Victorian book cover, it’s both grounded and celestial: a pattern that feels like moonlight through old glass, or vines climbing weathered wood.

A first for us in its totally neutral palette, Honey & The Moon is a departure in tone, but not in spirit. Rooted in the hush and harmony of overgrown gardens and blooming with old-world charm, it invites you to slip into the romance of another time — where beauty was built into the bones of things, and every corner held a story waiting to be found.

Please note: The nature of our soft bamboo/wood viscose means it’s slightly sheer, so we recommend a full or half-slip with this style when wearing it with bare legs. Shown worn with our Honey & The Moon Artist Pants (sold separately).

100% viscose (derived from plant fibres such as bamboo and wood). Machine wash gentle or handwash and hang to dry. Iron to finish if needed.

Dress measurements: S/M — front length (neckline to hem) 90cm, back length 100cm. Width 55cm (across bust, underarm to underarm), 70cm (across hip). Sleeve length 38cm. L/XL — front length (neckline to hem) 93cm , back length 106 cm. Width 63cm (across bust, underarm to underarm), 76cm (across hip). Sleeve length 40cm. Model is 5'5" for reference. Model is 5'7" for reference.

“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
- Oscar Wilde

“The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower,
With silent delight 
sits and smiles on the night.”
- William Blake

“Where thou art, there is home.” 
- Emily Dickinson

How To Wear

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Soft, comfortable, and endlessly wearable, this Artist Dress is made for days that drift gently into night. On cooler afternoons, we love it with tights, ankle or knee-high boots, and the matching scarf — chic, effortless, and full of charm. For a more structured look, try it with a tailored black jacket and loafers or ballet flats to add some whimsy to your work day. And on warm summer evenings, keep things simple with bare legs, sandals, and a long pendant necklace — an easy, carefree look that feels beautifully undone in the moonlight.

Our Muse

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The old soul, the romantic. Women who tend wild gardens and light candles in old windows, who listen for the stories tucked into timeworn corners. Women who live where memory and magic meet.

More Inspo

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In the 1800s, botanical etchings were more than scientific records — they were quiet odes to the natural world. Each print was created using a laborious process: artists drew directly onto lithographic stones, then the image was pressed in black ink and often hand-painted with delicate watercolours. Many of the artists were women whose names are lost to history, though their beautiful work still blooms across the page.

During the same era, the language of flowers — floriography — became a wildly popular way of sending coded messages to loved ones using hidden meanings. Roses spoke of love and longing; carnations, admiration; tulips, affection and grace. Poppies were tied to rest and remembrance, while passionflowers carried echoes of devotion. 

The floral fragments in Honey & The Moon were carefully collected from these 19th-century lithographs, then layered into a dreamscape of black and ivory to create an old world garden of meanings… reimagined for those who still speak its language.

The Poem

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