{"product_id":"the-petra-dress","title":"The Petra Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn entire jungle, painted across it — banana palms, a river, white frangipani,\u003cbr\u003eand a cast of toucans and parrots watching from the leaves. Brown-and-cream\u003cbr\u003estriped bands frame all of it: the neckline, both cuffs, the hem, and the whole\u003cbr\u003elength of the slit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's a lovely precedent for an imagined jungle. Henri Rousseau painted more\u003cbr\u003ethan twenty-five of them and never once left France — he built them out of a\u003cbr\u003eParis botanical garden, a hall of stuffed animals and a stack of illustrated\u003cbr\u003ebooks. \"When I am in these hothouses,\" he said, \"it seems to me that I am\u003cbr\u003eentering a dream.\" Critics called his work childish. Picasso disagreed, and the\u003cbr\u003eSurrealists took notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slit is the practical part, whatever it looks like. A straight column to the\u003cbr\u003efloor doesn't let you walk without one — it's what gives you a stride. It's cut\u003cbr\u003eto the front-side rather than dead centre, which is the more forgiving of the\u003cbr\u003etwo, and framed in the same striped band so it reads as a drawn line rather than\u003cbr\u003ean opening. One genuinely useful piece of advice: sit down in it before you\u003cbr\u003edecide. A seated mirror tells you far more than a standing one. And if you'd\u003cbr\u003erather have the coverage, fine nude hosiery reads as skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything else is covered — crew neck, sleeves to the wrist, hem to the floor.\u003cbr\u003eOne leg is the only bare thing about it, which is rather the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinen underneath, so it breathes, and long sleeves keep the sun off your arms all\u003cbr\u003eafternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLinen · round neckline with contrast striped border · long wide sleeves with matching striped cuffs · straight column with no waist seam · high front-side slit bordered its full length · striped band at the hem · floor length · engineered pictorial jungle print · relaxed and unfitted throughout — it skims rather than defines · densely printed on a mid-tone ground · take your usual size; the cut is generous by design · model is 5'7\" and wears a size M · in Jungle Toile · machine wash cold, gentle cycle, hang to dry, warm iron while damp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helena Bloom","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":54392666718421,"sku":null,"price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":54340121723093,"sku":"1032807831547-0","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":54340121755861,"sku":"1032807831547-0","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":54340121788629,"sku":"1032807831547-0","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":54340121821397,"sku":"1032807831547-0","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXL","offer_id":54340121854165,"sku":"1032807831547-0","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/3691\/5925\/files\/ChatGPTImageJul30_2026_09_35_35AM_1.png?v=1785418810","url":"https:\/\/helenabloom.com\/products\/the-petra-dress","provider":"Helena Bloom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}