Ten seaside looks built around one material: dresses inlaid with mother-of-pearl, cut as a strapless bustier with an ankle-length skirt, a fine-strap slip dress, a strapless mini with a sheer tulle overshirt, a high-neck sleeveless dress, a mermaid gown, a halter gown, a short-sleeve long dress with a wide woven belt, a strapless top with a high-waisted mini skirt and a linen apron, a strapless gown with a wide-brim straw hat, and a fine-strap slip gown with a hem that trails in the water.

The material is mother-of-pearl, cut into thin strips and laid in overlapping rows that follow the curve of the body: every strip carries its own soft pearl sheen, faintly green and pink, each row set half a strip out of step with the one below, separated by a hairline seam. The surface is a stiff shell that holds a rounded curve and falls in a heavy, straight drop.

The colours are milk white and warm cream throughout, and the pieces are mostly barefoot or in slim white or silver sandals, some with a fine silver chain at the ankle.

The settings are all coastal: a shallow flat before a sea cave, a rock platform with tide pools, the deck of an old fishing boat among coiled ropes and netting, a tide pool holding a starfish and green weed, waist-deep clear water, the blocks of a breakwater at sunset, a wet tidal flat at dawn, a pearl-farming raft with baskets of opened shells, the bow of a small yacht running through white water, and the blue water and ceiling window of a sea grotto.

Every image is created entirely by AI.