Clarity 100% Cotton Dress - Clara Original

Details: V-neck bodice with 2 chest ties for adjustable modesty · Long sleeves with wrist ties · Knee length skirt · 2 deep pockets · 100% organic cotton · Hand-block printed

Clara — named for Clara Barton, a Massachusetts schoolteacher who walked onto the battlefields of the Civil War alone, carrying supplies on her back when no one else would go. She knelt beside the wounded in the mud and the dark and stayed until every man had been seen to. Soldiers called her the Angel of the Battlefield — not because she was delicate, but because she was there. After the war she founded the American Red Cross, building from nothing an organization that has stood for over a century. She did all of this before women were permitted to vote, hold office, or be taken seriously in public life. She did it anyway. As she wrote: "I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent."

So do we.

Spring green and periwinkle blue set the stage. Large beige florals and leaves bloom across the fabric in shades that feel gathered from a woodland floor rather than stamped onto cotton. The plunging V-neckline ties at the chest with two ribbon bows for adjustable modesty, and the long sleeves taper into ties at the wrist — delicate details that mirror each other beautifully. The knee-length skirt falls easy and free. Two deep pockets. Clara is practical and lovely in equal measure, the way the best dresses always are.

Fabric: Every Clara is hand-block printed in Jaipur using a craft 500 years older than fast fashion — wooden blocks carved by hand, dipped in vegetable dye, and pressed into the fabric one stamp at a time. Designed on our homestead in rural Ohio, made in Jaipur by families who have practiced this tradition for generations. Because each dress is made entirely by hand, no two are identical — slight variations in color and pattern are not flaws, they are fingerprints. The mark of something real. The cotton is 100% organic, colored with vegetable dyes only. No chlorinated bleaches, azo dyes, chemical washes, sprays, or preservatives are used to make or applied to our Clarity dresses. We are chemical free by design.

Care: Wash inside out with other 100% cotton fabrics on a delicate cold cycle. Hang dry. Never bleach.

Need a different size? Email jaye@wearclarity.com — every size in the chart is available to special order.