Nastaran Silk Dress

Sāya Atelier · IR

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Declared origin · IR

$211

Nastaran — the wild rose — is a floor-skimming dress cut on the true bias so the silk follows the body and moves with the light. Kaveh keeps the neckline high at the front and open at the back, with a narrow self-tie that lets it be worn loose or drawn in. The silk is a matte crêpe woven near the atelier, dyed a deep pomegranate that shifts toward garnet in low light. There is no lining and no zip — the cut does the work. A dress for evenings, made slowly in Tehran for women who prefer one considered thing to many.

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Fibre composition

100% silk

Care

Hand wash cold or dry clean; iron low.

Provenance

Sourced directly from Sāya Atelier in IR. Each piece carries its object number (Nº F0003) and a note on the hands that made it.

Sāya Atelier

Sāya Atelier works from a light-filled workshop off a quiet lane in northern Tehran, where founder Kaveh Naderi has spent two decades turning cloth into considered clothing. Trained between the city's old tailoring houses and years abroad, Kaveh builds each collection around drape, weight, and the way a garment ages. He works with a small permanent team — a pattern cutter, three machinists, a finisher, and a dyer — most of whom have been with him for years. Wool is milled and knitted in the region; silk is woven nearby. Sāya means shade in Persian: the cool, generous kind. The pieces are made in Tehran and reach Europe through a licensed export partner.

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