Fabric
Mid-weight cotton blend in ivory with tonal pattern. Wrap closure with hidden tie.
Daywear · Made to order
The Baekya Wrap Chima.
$215 to $305 · quoted in consultation
A wrap chima in soft ivory with a tonal pattern that catches light at certain angles. The name reads as white night, the long line wraps from the back. Mid-weight cotton blend with hidden tie closure.
White night. Long line.
Occasion
An indoor evening event held by candlelight. A late-spring dinner at a long table. The piece that holds candlelight along the tonal pattern and lets the rest of the room read warm.
The story
Baekya, white night, is the Korean reading of a Northern phenomenon, the summer nights at high latitude where the sun does not fully set. The word carries a particular light: pale, sustained, slightly otherworldly. A chima built around it has to hold the same register.
The ivory base is warmed against cool white. The tonal pattern is woven into the cloth, not printed, so it reads only when the light catches the weave directly. The wrap closure ties at the side, the hidden tie keeps the line clean. The cotton blend was chosen for the way it takes light, the pattern resolving at certain angles and disappearing at others.
Worn to the candlelit dinner where the chandelier is dimmed and the candles do the work. The wearer crosses the room and the tonal pattern flickers as she passes. The host at the head of the table sees it once, then loses it, then sees it again. The chima keeps the room watching without asking for the attention.
Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.
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