{"title":"MEMENTO","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎 ('remember' in latin) is a womenswear collection of made-to-order high quality, reversible dresses constructed with a mid-weight, buttery soft natural cotton\/linen blend with exposed and frayed seams. Each design features an inset self-portrait of a talented 19th century female artist surrounded by two of her beautiful artworks.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEach dress is fully reversible - giving you two dresses in one!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIncluded with the dress is a matching clutch, fabric-matched mending patches, and a selection of 19th century inspired slow-fashion \u0026amp; sewing activist patches to showcase your support of independent slow fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gwen-memento-dress","title":"Gwen - MEMENTO Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis made-to-order high quality, reversible dress features a mid-weight, buttery soft natural cotton\/linen blend with distressed and frayed seams, printed with the striking artworks of talented 19th century Welsh artist Gwen John.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the dress is a matching clutch, fabric-matched mending patches, and a selection of 19th century inspired slow-fashion \u0026amp; sewing activist patches to showcase your support of independent slow fashion. These items are made from the dress offcuts and are included with the purchase of your dress ☺️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unconventional, striking design will spark conversation, outlast fleeting trends, and remain a treasured wardrobe staple for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne size fits most - see garment measurements below:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBUST 130cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBICEP 40cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFRONT LENGTH 82cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHIP 140cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGwen John (1876–1939): The Artist Who Demanded to Be Seen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I paint a good deal, but I don't often get a picture done—that requires, for me, a very long time of a quiet mind\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGwendolen Mary John was a Welsh painter whose quiet revolution challenged everything the art world expected from women. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking with a simple palette of ochres, greys, and muted blues, she created portraits of women that showed unconventional psychological depth. Her works could not be described as decorative society portraits, but rather studies of women in quiet contemplation, hands folded, gazes turned inward. Through her \"female gaze,\" she transformed traditional portrait subjects into agents with their own deep and unknowable narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite exhibiting in prestigious venues, Gwen John was systematically overshadowed during her lifetime. For decades after her death in 1939, Gwen John remained footnoted as \"Augustus John's sister, but feminist art historians of the 1970s worked to uncover her true significance. Augustus himself had predicted this reversal: \u003cem\u003e\"In 50 years' time I will be known as the brother of Gwen John.\"\u003c\/em\u003e He was right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor me, Gwen John’s legacy embodies MEMENTO’s mission: to remember the brilliant women whose contributions were diminished by history, but whose artistic vision proved impossible to erase. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI hope that in wearing her image and her beautiful artworks, you too will say “I see you, Gwen”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDesigned and made by Meg in The Patch, Australia.  All megsmithmakes garments are Ethical Clothing Australia accredited and megsmithmakes is a proud member of Seamless Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432885907593,"sku":"MEM-GWEN","price":570.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/4248\/9737\/files\/Gwen_D_C_-101.jpg?v=1771821067"},{"product_id":"fanny-memento-dress","title":"Fanny - MEMENTO Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis made-to-order high quality, reversible dress features a mid-weight, buttery soft natural cotton\/linen blend with distressed and frayed seams, printed with the striking artworks of talented 19th century French artist Fanny Fleury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the dress is a matching clutch, fabric-matched mending patches, and a selection of 19th century inspired slow-fashion \u0026amp; sewing activist patches to showcase your support of independent slow fashion. These items are made from the dress offcuts and are included with the purchase of your dress ☺️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unconventional, striking design will spark conversation, outlast fleeting trends, and remain a treasured wardrobe staple for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne size fits most - see garment measurements below:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBUST 130cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBICEP 40cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFRONT LENGTH 82cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHIP 140cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFanny Fleury (1848–1920): A quiet master, silenced by time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBorn Fanny Laurent in Paris, Fanny Fleury possessed what art historians call \"impeccable academic credentials.\" She studied under Jean-Jacques Henner and was accepted to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts as a student of Carolus-Duran, where she was a classmate of John Singer Sargent. In 1884, her monumental work \u003cem\u003eBébé dort\u003c\/em\u003e hung in the Paris Salon alongside Sargent's infamous \u003cem\u003eMadame X\u003c\/em\u003e. A critic that year declared \"\u003cem\u003eShe has equalled her masters\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFanny was one of the most successful female exhibitors of the Paris Salon, showing works consistently from 1869 to 1882 and for many years afterwards. She received an honourable mention at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 and was elected an Officer of the Académie. In 1893, she was selected as one of just thirty French female painters to represent her country at the Chicago World's Fair's Woman's Building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAnd yet so little is written about Fanny. Her classmate John Singer Sargent became one of the most celebrated portraitists in history, and though considered his equal, Fanny Fleury is merely mentioned as a footnote, if she is mentioned at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eFor me, Fanny Fleury is why MEMENTO exists. To remember the talented women who stood beside famous men, matched their skill, earned contemporary praise, and yet were overlooked until they gradually faded from our collective memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNone of her letters survive. No diary entries. No recorded words. Only her paintings remain to speak for her.  I hope that in wearing her image and her beautiful artworks, you too will say \"I see you, Fanny\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDesigned and made by Meg in The Patch, Australia.  All megsmithmakes garments are Ethical Clothing Australia accredited and megsmithmakes is a proud member of Seamless Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45036442845321,"sku":"MEM-FANNY","price":570.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/4248\/9737\/files\/FannyMEMENTOCotton-Linenwomen_sdress-7.jpg?v=1765236814"},{"product_id":"alice-memento-dress","title":"Alice - MEMENTO Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis made-to-order high quality, reversible dress features a mid-weight, buttery soft natural cotton\/linen blend with distressed and frayed seams, printed with the striking artworks of talented 19th century American artist, Alice Pike Barney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the dress is a matching clutch, fabric-matched mending patches, and a selection of 19th century inspired slow-fashion \u0026amp; sewing activist patches to showcase your support of independent slow fashion. These items are made from the dress offcuts and are included with the purchase of the dress ☺️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unconventional, striking design will spark conversation, outlast fleeting trends, and remain a treasured wardrobe staple for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne size fits most - see garment measurements below:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBUST 130cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBICEP 40cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFRONT LENGTH 82cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHIP 140cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eAlice Pike Barney (1857–1931): An artist labelled a socialite.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn 1880s Paris, Alice Pike Barney did something unimaginable for a woman of her social standing — she chose to take her art seriously. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into Cincinnati wealth and married to a railroad fortune, Alice was expected to use her wealth to collect paintings, not create them. Instead, she walked into the studio of Charles Émile Auguste Carolus-Duran, one of the most sought-after portrait masters in Europe, and enrolled as his student. She later studied under James McNeill Whistler, learning of the rules of tonal subtlety and atmospheric restraint, so she could break them with her art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn November 1901, Alice held her first solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Within a week, she was elected vice-president of the Society of Washington Artists. She went on to build Studio House on Massachusetts Avenue — part gallery, part salon, part creative sanctuary — where she hosted artists, writers, and thinkers for nearly three decades where she produced ballets, plays, and tableaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAnd yet much of art history remembers Alice Pike Barney as a patron, not a painter. Her daughter Natalie became famous as a writer and salon hostess in Paris. Her Studio House was donated to the Smithsonian, then quietly sold. Many of her paintings sit in storage. The woman who defied every expectation placed upon wealthy women of her era has been gently reclassified as an eccentric benefactress rather than the artist she truly was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI hope that in wearing her image and her beautiful artworks, you too will say \"I see you, Alice\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDesigned and made by Meg in The Patch, Australia.  All megsmithmakes garments are Ethical Clothing Australia accredited and megsmithmakes is a proud member of Seamless Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45271428137097,"sku":"MEM-ALICE","price":570.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/4248\/9737\/files\/AliceMEMENTOethicallymadelinenwomensdress-25.jpg?v=1771558909"},{"product_id":"anna-memento-dress","title":"Anna - MEMENTO Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis made-to-order high quality, reversible dress features a mid-weight, buttery soft natural cotton\/linen blend with distressed and frayed seams, printed with the striking artworks of talented 19th century Polish artist,\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAnna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz.\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the dress is a matching clutch, fabric-matched mending patches, and a selection of 19th century inspired slow-fashion \u0026amp; sewing activist patches to showcase your support of independent slow fashion. These items are made from the dress offcuts and are included with the purchase of the dress ☺️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unconventional, striking design will spark conversation, outlast fleeting trends, and remain a treasured wardrobe staple for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne size fits most - see garment measurements below:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBUST 130cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBICEP 40cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFRONT LENGTH 82cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHIP 140cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eAnna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz (1854–1893): Artistic greatness gone too soon.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAnna Bilińska was born in 1854 in Złotopol, in what is now Ukraine. Her family relocated after the Polish uprising of 1863, and as a young woman in Warsaw she defied her parents' wishes by renting her own studio and funding it through portrait sales. In 1882, she travelled to Paris and enrolled at the Académie Julian, where she studied under Tony Robert-Fleury — the same master who had taught Maria Wiik just years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAnna quickly distinguished herself. In 1887, her extraordinary self-portrait — showing herself before a canvas, brush in hand, meeting the viewer's gaze with calm professional authority — won a medal at the Paris Salon. Two years later, the same painting earned a silver medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, granting her the rare honour of exhibiting out of competition at future editions. In 1891, she won a gold medal at the Berlin International Exhibition. She was, by any measure, one of the most acclaimed painters of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn 1892, Anna married Dr. Antoni Bohdanowicz and returned to Warsaw with a dream: to open a painting school for women, modelled on the Parisian ateliers that had shaped her own career. She wanted to give Polish women what she had been forced to travel halfway across Europe to find — proper artistic training, taken seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eJust one year later, Anna died of heart disease. She was thirty-eight years old. The school was never built and her legacy never fulfilled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI hope that in wearing her image and her beautiful artworks, you too will say \"I see you, Anna\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDesigned and made by Meg in The Patch, Australia.  All megsmithmakes garments are Ethical Clothing Australia accredited and megsmithmakes is a proud member of Seamless Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280327565449,"sku":"MEM-ANNA","price":570.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/4248\/9737\/files\/Anna_MEMENTO_cotton_linen_slow_fashion_dress_1.jpg?v=1771823153"},{"product_id":"maria-memento-dress","title":"Maria - MEMENTO Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis made-to-order high quality, reversible dress features a mid-weight, buttery soft natural cotton\/linen blend with distressed and frayed seams, printed with the striking artworks of talented 19th century Finnish artist, Maria Wiik\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the dress is a matching clutch, fabric-matched mending patches, and a selection of 19th century inspired slow-fashion \u0026amp; sewing activist patches to showcase your support of independent slow fashion. These items are made from the dress offcuts and are included with the purchase of the dress ☺️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unconventional, striking design will spark conversation, outlast fleeting trends, and remain a treasured wardrobe staple for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne size fits most - see garment measurements below:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBUST 130cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBICEP 40cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFRONT LENGTH 82cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHIP 140cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eMaria Wiik (1853–1928): A still, quiet brilliance.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMaria Wiik was born in Helsinki in 1853 into a cultured, Swedish-speaking Finnish family. She began drawing studies as a young woman and in 1875, at twenty-two, travelled to Paris to study at the Académie Julian — one of the few art schools that admitted women. She trained under Tony Robert-Fleury, and in 1880, her portraits were accepted for exhibition at the Paris Salon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMaria spent years moving between Paris, Finland, and artists' colonies in Brittany and Cornwall. In the late 1880s, she and her close friend and fellow Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck spent two formative years at the St Ives art colony in England, where Maria's work absorbed new influences — symbolism, impressionism, a deepening interest in the emotional interior lives of her subjects. In 1889, she returned to Paris to work with Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, further refining the luminous, contemplative quality that defines her best work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHer masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eOut into the World\u003c\/em\u003e, depicted with tender drama the threshold between youth and age. It won a bronze medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris and was featured in Walter Shaw Sparrow's \u003cem\u003eWomen Painters of the World\u003c\/em\u003e in 1905.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMaria returned permanently to Helsinki, painting until deteriorating eyesight forced her to stop in 1923. She died in 1928. Today, her friend Helene Schjerfbeck is celebrated as one of Finland's greatest artists. Maria Wiik, who walked beside her, studied in the same studios, and exhibited on the same walls, has largely faded from the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI hope that in wearing her image and her beautiful artworks, you too will say \"I see you, Maria\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDesigned and made by Meg in The Patch, Australia.  All megsmithmakes garments are Ethical Clothing Australia accredited and megsmithmakes is a proud member of Seamless Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280441958537,"sku":"MEM-MARIA","price":570.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/4248\/9737\/files\/MariaMEMENTOethicallymadelinenwomensdress-3.jpg?v=1771824849"},{"product_id":"olga-memento-dress","title":"Olga - MEMENTO Dress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis made-to-order high quality, reversible dress features a mid-weight, buttery soft natural cotton\/linen blend with distressed and frayed seams, printed with the striking artworks of talented 19th century Polish artist, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOlga Boznańska.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the dress is a matching clutch, fabric-matched mending patches, and a selection of 19th century inspired slow-fashion \u0026amp; sewing activist patches to showcase your support of independent slow fashion. These items are made from the dress offcuts and are included with the purchase of the dress ☺️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unconventional, striking design will spark conversation, outlast fleeting trends, and remain a treasured wardrobe staple for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne size fits most - see garment measurements below:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBUST 130cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBICEP 40cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFRONT LENGTH 82cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHIP 140cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eOlga Boznańska (1865–1940): The painter of souls.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOlga Boznańska was born in Kraków in 1865 to a Polish father and French mother. Because women were barred from the Academy of Fine Arts, she studied privately before moving to Munich at twenty-one, where she again sought private instruction — because again, the Academy would not admit her. None of this stopped her. By 1895, Berlin's Bazaar magazine listed her among the top twelve women painters in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOlga settled permanently in Paris in 1898, where her studio became a gathering place for artists and intellectuals. She was known for painting portraits of extraordinary psychological depth — sitting for hours with her subjects, studying their faces until she could capture something words could not. The Polish press called her \"malarka dusz\" — the painter of souls. Her most celebrated work, \u003cem\u003eGirl with Chrysanthemums\u003c\/em\u003e (1894), hangs in the National Museum in Kraków and remains one of the most recognisable paintings in Polish art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eShe received the French Legion of Honour. She won the Grand Prix at the 1937 Paris World Exhibition. When offered a professorship at Kraków's Academy of Fine Arts — the very institution that had once refused to admit her as a student — she declined, choosing to remain in Paris on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOlga Boznańska died on 26 October 1940, in a Paris under Nazi occupation. Her final years were marked by isolation, her stepsister's suicide, and diminishing commissions as the world turned away from the quiet, luminous portraits she had devoted her life to creating. In Poland, she is revered. Internationally, she is barely known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eI hope that in wearing her image and her beautiful artworks, you too will say \"I see you, Olga\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e✮✮✮✮✮\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDesigned and made by Meg in The Patch, Australia.  All megsmithmakes garments are Ethical Clothing Australia accredited and megsmithmakes is a proud member of Seamless Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280860045449,"sku":"MEM-OLGA","price":570.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/4248\/9737\/files\/OlgaMEMENTOethicallymadelinenwomensdress-9.jpg?v=1771830388"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/4248\/9737\/collections\/Gwen_D_C_-8.jpg?v=1754353403","url":"https:\/\/megsmithmakes.com\/collections\/memento.oembed","provider":"megsmithmakes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}