{"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","url":"https:\/\/megsmithmakes.com\/products\/anna-memento-dress","provider":"megsmithmakes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}