Collection: Queens of Archive

Queens of Archive was founded in London in 2020 by Nicola Orme and Sarah Plunkett Chadwick, two friends with a combined career in fashion who set out to create something slower and more considered than the industry they'd left. Drawing on their own collection of vintage pieces, the label creates dresses in bold, hand-illustrated prints and vintage-inspired silhouettes, made in small, limited runs from natural fibres including cotton, silk and linen. Each dress is named after a woman who paved the way for others, a nod to strength, individuality and character that runs through the whole collection. Rare by design and rich in detail, from covered buttons to hand-finished trims, a Queens of Archive dress isn't meant to blend in.