Our Story
Two sisters.
One quiet promise.
Eighteen years ago, in a small atelier outside Charleston, we made the first Margot. We didn't know it would become a wardrobe of forty-two dresses, worn by fifty thousand women, across every state.
2008 — The Beginning
Isabel had spent twelve years in the design rooms of mid-tier fashion brands. Rose was a writer, a mother of two, and tired of standing in dressing rooms surrounded by silhouettes designed for someone half her age.
"Why does everything stop being made for us at thirty-five?" Rose asked one evening over tea. The question hung in the room for weeks.
By summer, they'd sketched the first six pieces. By autumn, they'd ordered fabric. The first Margot — that soft cotton-linen wrap — sold out within forty days of going live, mostly to women who heard about us through their book clubs and church groups.
Our Approach — Quality over quantity. Always.
We've never chased trends. We design in small batches, sometimes producing only three hundred of a piece before retiring it. We name every dress for a woman who inspires us — a customer, a sister, a friend who told us a quiet story we couldn't forget.
Our cottons come from family-run mills in Portugal and India. Our linens from a single supplier in Belgium who's worked with us for eleven years. Each piece is finished by hand.
Our Fabrics
Cotton-Linen: Our signature blend — soft on the skin, breathable in heat, structured enough to drape gracefully.
Pure Linen: Sourced from Flanders, milled at a workshop two hundred years old. Wrinkles like only real linen does — beautifully.
Brushed Cotton Knit: Mid-weight, gently stretchy, holds its shape across washes.
Eighteen Years — And the women who carried us here
This year, we mark our eighteenth. We've put together a small celebration sale — many of our most-loved pieces at up to seventy percent off — to thank the women who've made this possible.
— Isabel & Rose