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The Petra Dress

Regular price $279.99 Sale price$139.99
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  • Designed in CharlestonDesigned in Charleston
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The Summer Edit — up to 50% off

Limited time · Ends Sunday

Some dresses you put on. This one you step into — the way you'd step through a garden door into the good part of the morning.

The Petra is built around a single engineered garden: passion-flowers, ferns and drifting butterflies that gather low on the skirt and climb the sleeves, framed by fine tile-work borders that run the length of the front. Because the bouquets areplaced — not repeated  to edge — the soft spring-green ground gives your eye somewhere to rest. It reads as one considered composition, not a busy all-over floral. Wearable art, on the right side of bold.

The deep V is drawn down a button-through placket, so it's yours to set: fasten it high for lunch and errands, or leave it open over a fine camisole for dinner. A little fashion tape or an adhesive cup keeps everything exactly where you placed it. Above the skirt, a seamed waistband catches you at the narrowest point and defines the ribcage before the fabric releases into gentle movement — structure first, float second, so nothing reads shapeless or unintentional.

And yes — long sleeves, in summer, on purpose. In a breathable linen weave they're the quiet luxury of the season: sun-cover for the garden, an answer to fierce restaurant and airplane air-conditioning, blousing softly to the wrist where a buttoned cuff finishes the line. Coverage that feels chosen, never apologetic.

Golden hour, a straw tote, flat tan sandals. Let yourself bloom.

Linen · button-through placket with seamed waistband, blouson long sleeves with buttoned cuffs, engineered placement print with tile-work borders · fitted through the waist, relaxed through the skirt · deep V — style with fashion tape or an adhesive cup, or layer a fine camisole; skirt fully opaque · true to size, size up if between for the waist seam · model is 5'7", size M · in Greenhouse Bloom · machine wash cold on gentle, hang to dry, warm iron while damp.

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Handling (U.S & International): 1–3 business days

Transit (U.S & International): 2–9 business days

Total (U.S & International): 3–12 business days

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Most of our pieces run true to size — if you're usually a medium, order a medium.

Each product page lists specific fit notes and measurements, and our linen and cotton styles are made with a little ease, so they sit beautifully without feeling tight.

Between two sizes? We'd nudge you to the larger for a more relaxed, effortless drape.

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We process orders within 1–3 business days, and transit typically takes 2–9 business days, depending on your location.

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Every Marlowe Dawn piece begins in Charleston, where it's designed — the fabrics, the shapes, the way a dress is meant to move and feel in the summer light.

From there, each piece is made by skilled manufacturing partners across the globe, by people who take real care with their craft.

We choose our makers for the quality of their work, and we finish every order with the same attention, wherever in the world it's sewn.

Our focus never changes: beautifully made pieces, honestly priced, that you'll reach for season after season.

We're a young, independent charleston brand, and we're growing the right way — one beautiful piece and one happy customer at a time.

That means designing things we'd wear ourselves, pricing them so they're a joy rather than a splurge, and standing behind every order with easy 30-day returns and amazing team who answer when you write.

Most styles are happiest with a cool, gentle machine wash and a flat or hang dry — linen actually softens and gets better with wear.

Specific care details are listed on each product, and on the care label inside.

As soon as we receive your order, we start working on it right away.

If you need to cancel or modify your order, let us know immediately.

If your order hasn’t been processed yet, we’ll modify it or cancel it right away.

If it’s already on the way, you can return it once it arrives.

email us at Support@marlowedawn.com to get help with your order.

The Petra Dress