Short strokes fall across the cloth at every angle, each one carrying the dragged edge of a brush that was already running dry.

Screen printed cotton, cut with a collar, buttons running from the neck to the hem, and long sleeves. Below the yoke the skirt balloons out and keeps moving after you have stopped. At 32 inches it sits above the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. The shortest piece in the range. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Narrow vertical lines run the length of the cloth, each one broken and slightly wavering, none of them quite parallel to its neighbour. Printed one screen at a time.

Cut from a screen printed cotton with a little texture to the hand, this dress hangs loose and away from the body with a round neck, a small opening at the centre front, and wide sleeves cut straight from the shoulder to three quarters. Pockets set into the sides. At 45 inches it falls to the lower calf on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. The roomiest piece in the range. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Broad scrolling stems and open flowers wind across the cloth in one continuous run, the line thick in places and fine in others the way a hand cut screen prints.

Screen printed cotton, cut with a round collar and buttons running from the neck to the hem. The sleeves gather into a tapered cuff at three quarters. Below the collar the body falls into a full gathered skirt that swings hard when you move. At 39 inches it sits just below the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Whole chrysanthemum heads open across the cloth, each one built from dozens of narrow petals turning around a centre, with looser petals breaking away and scattering between them. The screens are cut by hand, so the placement is different on every piece.

This is the most structured piece in the range. The screen printed cotton has enough body to hold its own shape rather than follow yours, so the dress stands away from you. A rounded shirt collar, coconut buttons from the neck to the hem, and two patch pockets that sit proud of the front. Sleeves cut straight to three quarters. At 35 inches it sits at the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Side slit. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Six pointed stars repeat edge to edge across the cloth, drawn in a single fine line so the pattern reads as texture from a distance and as geometry up close.

Screen printed cotton with a soft hand, so this dress moves rather than holds its shape. A shirt collar, coconut buttons from the neck to the hem, and sleeves cut to three quarters with a little width through the arm. The hem is short at the centre front and drops well down at the sides and back, so it wears longer than the number suggests. At 34 inches to the shortest point it sits above the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Blocks of different pattern butt up against one another across the cloth, a field of dots beside a run of fine hatching beside a solid, and the order never repeats twice in the same way.

Screen printed cotton, falling straight from the shoulder with no waist and no fastening. A small stand neck that sits close to the throat, sleeves cut straight to three quarters, two patch pockets and slits at both sides. At 40 inches it sits just below the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Roomy through the body. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Chrysanthemum petals scatter loose across the cloth here rather than gathering into whole blooms, so the same screen reads a good deal quieter. Where the petals fall is different on every piece.

Screen printed cotton, cut sleeveless with a shirt collar that opens at the front. A solid panel runs down the side and back, with a large rounded patch pocket sitting proud on the front. Deep slit at the side. At 43 inches it falls to mid calf on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Fits a bust up to about 38 inches. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Thick stems curl and double back across the cloth, opening into loose flower heads and closing again, the whole repeat drawn as one continuous line.

Screen printed cotton, cut sleeveless with a shirt collar that opens at the front. A solid panel runs down the side and back, and two large rounded patch pockets sit proud on the front. Deep slits at both sides. At 41 inches it falls to mid calf on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. This one runs closer to the body than most of the range and fits a bust up to about 36 inches. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Rings, hooks and short angular marks sit scattered over a ground of fine dots, closer to a written character than a flower. No two marks are quite the same.

Screen printed cotton, cut sleeveless with a small stand collar and coconut buttons running down the front. The pockets are set into the side seams, so nothing sits on the surface of the dress. At 33 inches it sits above the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Easy through the body. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Small flowers pack the cloth close together with almost no ground showing between them, the repeat so dense it reads as texture until you look properly.

Screen printed cotton, cut sleeveless with a shirt collar that opens at the front. A solid panel runs down the side and back, and two large rounded patch pockets sit proud on the front. Deep slits at both sides. At 43 inches it falls to mid calf on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. This one runs closer to the body than most of the range and fits a bust up to about 36 inches. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Loose rows of soft round dots, each one a little uneven at the edge and never quite the size of its neighbour. Printed by hand, one screen at a time.

Screen printed cotton with some texture to the hand, falling straight from the shoulder with no waist and no fastening at all. A small stand neck that sits close to the throat, wide sleeves cut straight to three quarters, two patch pockets and slits at both sides. At 40 inches it sits just below the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Roomy through the body. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Soft round seed heads drift over a ground of fine dots, each one caught at the moment before it scatters.

Cotton jersey, so this one has a give the rest of the range does not, and it wears like a favourite long sleeved tee. A full roll neck that scrunches down on itself, long close sleeves, and a body that flares from the shoulder into an easy A-line. At 35 inches it sits at the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Chrysanthemum petals scatter loose across the cloth rather than gathering into whole blooms, so the screen reads quiet and close. Where the petals fall is different on every piece.

Screen printed cotton backed on the inside with a soft fleece, so it carries real warmth without reading as a winter dress. Sleeveless, with a shirt collar that opens at the front, a solid panel running down the side and back, patch pockets in the same solid, and a deep slit at the side. At 40 inches it sits at mid calf on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. This one runs closer to the body than most of the range and fits a bust up to about 36 inches. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Large open blooms crowd the cloth, each one filled with fine interior line work so the flowers read solid from across a room and detailed up close.

Screen printed cotton backed on the inside with a soft fleece, so this one carries real warmth without looking like a winter dress. It falls straight from the shoulder with no waist and no fastening. A small stand neck that sits close to the throat, sleeves cut straight to three quarters, two patch pockets and slits at both sides. At 40 inches it sits just below the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Roomy through the body. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.

Blooms and leaves crowd the cloth from edge to edge, layered so densely that the ground barely shows through at all.

Screen printed cotton, cut with a collar and buttons running from the neck to the hem. The sleeves blouson gently and gather in at three quarters. The skirt falls full from a seam at the waist and moves a great deal. At 39 inches it sits just below the knee on our model, who is 5 ft. 4 in. Gentle machine wash, low heat dry.