Broderie Anglaise is Melissa Odabash's cut-out embroidery beachwear collection, in cotton across dresses and cover-ups, built for textural daytime dressing over swimwear, suited to a customer who prefers texture to print.
Broderie anglaise is recognisable at a glance - the small, cut-out embroidery holes that let light through a plain cotton ground - and Melissa Odabash treats it as its own fabric story rather than folding it quietly into the wider embroidered range, giving a technique with more than two decades of history in the brand's resort dressing proper room to breathe.
Ashley Black Dress and Victoria Black Dress, cotton beachwear pieces with broderie detail placed at the neckline and hem, lead the edit in black and white. Miranda White Dress, Reagan Powder Dress and Hattie Floral Dress, further cotton broderie anglaise pieces, extend the story into fuller silhouettes, each cut to let the embroidery read as the main event of the piece rather than a finishing touch added afterward.
Wear over a plain bikini so the embroidery has room to stand out against the skin, and finish with raffia accessories from Hats or Bags for a considered, textural take on daytime dressing by the Mediterranean. Broderie anglaise doesn't need a print alongside it - the holes are the pattern, and they do all the visual work on their own.
