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Born to rule. — Hugo Caesar Tassi, women's occasion dresses designed in Rome

Dresses cut with the authority of an empire — pleated chiffon, liquid satin and draped crepe in the imperial palette, designed in Roma. For weddings, the opera, and the evenings that ask for more.

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The Faustina Collection

Knife-pleated chiffon and the imperial reds — the most-wanted occasionwear.

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The Faustina Collection

Aurelia™

Pleated Chiffon Midi Dress with Cutout Bodice
€248€325★ 4.8 (326)
The Livia Collection

Livia™

Satin Slip Midi Dress
€225€295★ 4.7 (188)
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Messalina™

Pleated Maxi Gown
€295€390★ 4.9 (142)
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Faustina™

One-Shoulder Crepe Gown
€310€410★ 4.8 (64)
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From the wedding aisle to the opera box — chosen for your moment.

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The Philosophy

The oldest ideas about how a powerful woman dresses are still the best ones.

Hugo Caesar Tassi draws straight from imperial Rome — the fluted column of the stola, the engineered drape of the toga, and the Tyrian reds once reserved for emperors. Not as costume, but as a grammar of dress: a vertical line, a defined waist, restraint in detail, and depth in color.

Every piece is fully lined, finished by hand and cut from recycled fabric in our Roma atelier — built to be kept, and returned to, season after season.

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New in the Atelier

The latest column gowns and pleated silhouettes, fresh from Rome.

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Messalina™

Pleated Maxi Gown
€295€390★ 4.9 (142)
New
The Faustina Collection

Faustina™

One-Shoulder Crepe Gown
€310€410★ 4.8 (64)
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The Faustina Collection

Lucilla™

Bias Chiffon Maxi Dress
€289€380★ 4.7 (33)
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The Collections

Four Houses, One Empire

Editorial groupings, each named for a woman who carried herself like Rome.

FaustinaPleated chiffon and the imperial reds — the house's most-wanted occasionwear, led by the Aurelia.Shop the collection
LiviaSatin slips and draped columns — quiet, candle-lit eveningwear with a liquid sheen.Shop the collection
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IuliaTailored daywear with an imperial spine — arriving soon.Read the story
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VictoriaStatement eveningwear and the architecture of celebration — arriving soon.Read the story
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GloriaThe icons, refined — a forthcoming edit of the pieces worth keeping forever.Read the story
The Journal

Notes from the Atelier

Occasion dressing, the imperial palette and the craft behind the cut.

Occasion Dressing
Occasion Dressing · 9 min readWhat to Wear to a Wedding as a Guest: The 2026 Dress Code, DecodedFrom black-tie to garden party, the only wedding-guest dressing guide you'll need this season — by dress code, by season, and by color.Read article
Care & Craft
Care & Craft · 6 min readHow to Care for Pleated Chiffon So It Lasts a LifetimeHeat-set pleats, recycled chiffon and a few simple habits — the atelier's guide to keeping a pleated dress sharp for years.Read article
Color & Style
Color & Style · 7 min readThe Imperial Palette: How to Wear Burgundy, Oxblood & Tyrian RedPorpora, Vermiglio, Cornelia — the Roman reds, and how to wear the house's most powerful colors by skin tone, season and occasion.Read article
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