Castles In The Air Goddess Duster

$129.00

Based on a lush and magical painting from the 1600’s by artist Jan Brueghel titled “Imaginary Landscape”, this kimono is a true flight of fancy! Using Brueghel’s masterpiece, we layered in elements from French artist Hubert Robert, including the classical ruins and a girl swinging joyfully through the trees. To add even more richness, we trimmed the entire design in vintage painterly florals. The resulting piece is full of imagination and depth, just like a beautiful dream :)

100% bamboo/wood viscose. Machine wash gentle or handwash and hang to dry. Iron to finish if needed.

Kimono measurements: length 92cm, width 110cm. Model is 5’6” for reference.

“Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.”
- Mark Twain
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; there is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.”
- Henry David Thoreau
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
- Pablo Picasso

How To Wear

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The rich, natural colour palette and flowing silhouette make this piece so much fun to layer. Pair it with warm or cool tones, and don’t be afraid to mix it with vibrant colours or other patterns for an eclectic, artsy vibe. It’s also beautiful to keep it simple and layer it over monochromatic neutrals, like a beige linen tank & pant. Our favourite look for this one? Pair it with black leggings & a bralette, then finish off the outfit with our I Dream in Flowers scarf. So comfy and super cute :)

Our Muse

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The dreamer, the starry-eyed. Women who lead with curiosity and imagination, who seek out adventure on ordinary days. Women who swing through the trees.

More Inspo

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A wildly prolific French art director, painter, and landscape architect from the 1700’s, Hubert Robert created literally thousands of works of art during his lifetime. Nine of his paintings hang in the Louvre alone! Known for his dynamic, adventurous life (he designed many famous gardens for infamous personalities of the day, including Marie Antoinette, and was imprisoned during the French Revolution), he is also remembered for the fanciful and imaginative qualities he brought to landscape painting. Describing his process when painting the magical landscapes we used for this design, he is quoted as saying, “The ideas which the ruins awake in me are grand.” We feel the very same.

The Poem

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She lets the earth spin
and the weeds sleep,
leaves dishes 
under moats of water.


It is an act of believing,
to claim this hour
as her landscape. A daring.
Loud as if she’d dropped
the handle of a broom,
and stormed out
of her own story 
in to the green woods. 


Her hand fits better
on the handle of a tree branch,
the rope of a swing.
The sky is wide, the blue
spires of her fancy cut
through clouds. Ideas unfurl
like tender ferns, golden coils
of braid to climb.
Her heart hammers,
building castles
in the air — one swing
and then another
through the tall trees.