Love Grows Wild Velvet Society Duster

$248.00
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Step inside The Velvet Society — where elegance meets ease. Our new duster is cut from plush Celestial Cotton Velvet and tailored with a nod to antique smoking jackets once worn by poets and dreamers alike. Designed to move effortlessly between moments, it layers beautifully over denim and boots for a modern bohemian look, feels utterly at home beside the fire with a book in hand, and is luxurious enough to wear out to an evening at the theatre. Slip it on and you’ll understand why we call it poetry you can wear — soft, luminous, and just a little bit decadent. Welcome to The Velvet Society. Membership, as they say, has its privileges.

About the Print:

Love Grows Wild is an enchanted garden of earthly delights! Our lush and verdant botanical print comes from the “12 Months of Flowers”, a series of remarkably beautiful hand-coloured etchings from the 1700s by engraver Henry Fletcher. The prints were commissioned by famed English gardener Robert Furber, and were published as a catalogue of flowers and seeds according to season. We chose the Fletcher’s print from the month of March for its delightfully detailed blooms, and then layered the flowers together to create a wild and wonderful print that captures the exuberance of the garden. The charming bumblebee trim comes from a museum seed catalogue from the late 1800’s. We are so excited to wear this print! It’s such a joyful and abundant design that goes with almost every colour. Sometimes more is more — more flowers, more love, more everything :)

Made from our signature 100% cotton velvet, and lined with custom viscose. Dry clean only.

Duster measurements: S/M — length approximately 73cm, width (across back, underarm to underarm) approximately 73cm and will fit sizes approximately 4-12. L/XL — length approximately 77 cm, width (across back, underarm to underarm) approximately 79cm and will fit sizes approximately 12-18. Model is 5’7” for reference.

"All the stars are a riot of flowers.”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
- Frances Hodgson Burnett 
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”
- Oscar Wilde

How To Wear

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A riot of blooms, a tangle of beauty — Love Grows Wild brings the exuberance of the garden to your everyday wardrobe. With its hand-coloured botanicals, touches of merlot, gold, and antique blue, and a charming 19th-century bumblebee trim, this velvet duster feels like stepping into a painting.

For everyday joy:

Layer it over a simple tee, vintage denim, and suede ankle boots to let the print shine. Add a gold pendant or botanical earrings to echo the warm tones in the design. This is the easy, effortless way to bring a little garden magic into errands, lunch dates, or quiet creative days.

For cozy, colourful comfort:

Pair it with a soft merlot or forest-green knit, thick leggings, and wool socks for crafting afternoons, reading nooks, or tending houseplants on rainy mornings. The plush cotton velvet feels like a warm embrace, and the pockets are perfect for tucking away all the small treasures of the day — seed packets, ribbon, a notebook of ideas.

For stepping out in full bloom:

Wear it as your statement piece over a slip dress, tailored trousers, or a silky blouse in cream or gold. Heeled boots or velvet loafers elevate the look instantly. The rich, layered florals transform even the simplest outfit into something painterly and romantic — perfect for dinners out, gallery evenings, or concerts.

For a softly dramatic silhouette:

Let it drift open over wide-leg trousers, a maxi skirt, or a long, fluid dress in merlot, emerald, or deep blue. The velvet’s natural movement creates a graceful sweep, adding quiet drama with every step. The colour story pairs beautifully with everything from neutrals to jewel tones — this is a print that loves to “play well with others.”

For the gardeners and makers:

Bring it along on weekend wanderings — farmers’ markets, antique fairs, artist studios, afternoons in nature. It layers beautifully with scarves, chunky sweaters, and soft cotton basics. Love Grows Wild is a reminder to stay open to delight, to keep blooming, and to let your wardrobe grow a little wild too.

In every season:

Wear it over linen separates in spring, tank tops and denim on summer nights, cozy knits in autumn, and velvet layers in winter. It’s as versatile as a garden through the months — gorgeous, ever-changing, and always full of life.

Our Muse

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The artisan, the gardener. Women who cultivate joy, who keep the garden of their hearts a little wild. Women who never stop blooming. 

More Inspo

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Robert Furber, the British horticulturalist who commissioned the marvellous artwork we used to create Love Grows Wild, wrote the very first seed catalogue ever produced in England and spent much of his life dedicated to documenting and preserving plants and flowers. The Twelve Months of Flowers, printed in 1730, remains his most well-known work and features over 400 species of flowers organized by their blooming season. Even today, almost 300 years later, it remains an astonishingly beautiful celebration botanical beauty.

The Poem

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When we are old
and the yard is a tangle
of lilac and weeds, 
I will stand at the window 
and watch you go out 
with scissors. The kettle 
will be whistling, 
sink full of dishes 
still yellow with yolk 
from breakfast. My arms
will be bony and veined 
with blue, my hands
under the faucet 
will seem too fragile 
to be my hands.

From the window
I will watch you pull
aside the vines to cut 
the late spring blooms, hum softly 
our familiar praises — the ones 
that made the crocus
close in amens at dusk for us
and open like silk curtains 
each morning. Your head
will bow in the sun as lilacs bow,
reverent among the bees. 
When our garden 
is wild with ghosts 
I will still be yours.
Come back to the house,
fill my pottery arms with flowers.