Liquid champagne satin, drawn off the shoulder and poured to the floor.
Free express delivery worldwide · import duties included
The Flavia is a maxi strapless satin off-shoulder gown in champagne satin from the Faustina collection — a dress conceived in Rome for evening, dinners and the after-dark hours. The strapless satin off-shoulder in champagne satin is cut from fluid satin with a quiet, candle-lit sheen, fully lined so it reads opaque in daylight and flash alike.
Like every Hugo Caesar Tassi piece, the Flavia is finished by hand: a concealed closure, real linings, and seams sewn to last. It is offered in 1 colors from the imperial palette — Avorio — and built to be worn for years, not a single season.
| Fabric | Liquid satin, fully lined through the body |
| Neckline | Off-the-shoulder draped fold with fine support straps |
| Silhouette | Empire-seamed column, floor-length maxi |
| Closure | Concealed back zip |
| Color | Avorio (champagne) |
| Care | Dry clean only; cool iron on reverse |
Runs true to size with a close, body-skimming column cut; size up for a looser drape through the hip.
Designed for heels - the maxi hem falls to the floor on a 175 cm / 5'9" frame; available S through L.
Off-shoulder neckline best suits an unstructured or strapless bra; the bodice offers light internal hold.
Complimentary express shipping worldwide; dispatched within 1–6 business days, import duties included. Most orders arrive in 3–6 business days.
30-day returns on unworn items with tags attached. Each piece arrives in a porphyry box with the HCT seal.
For evening, pair the Flavia in Avorio with fine-gold jewelry and a barely-there heel. Add the Faustina silk scarf at the neck or wrist to complete the look.
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Cut from the gesture of a draped Roman palla, the Flavia bares the shoulders and lets the satin do the speaking.
The neckline is built from a single soft fold of satin that slips just off the shoulder, held by two whisper-fine straps so the line stays exactly where it is set. Beneath it the bodice gathers once at the empire seam, then releases into a long, unbroken column that follows the body rather than gripping it.
There is no embellishment, because none is wanted. The drama is in the drape: the way champagne satin catches warm daylight along the collarbone and pools light again at the hem. It is a gown for entrances measured in seconds, not in sequins.
Photographed in the travertine studio, the Flavia reads as candlelight against stone.
Avorio champagne is the warmest ivory in the house palette, a tone chosen to sit beside fluted columns and honeyed marble without ever turning stark. Against skin it lifts; against travertine it glows. It is the color of a gown meant to be remembered in low, golden light.
The satin is dense and fluid at once, a weight that falls clean to the floor and keeps its column through movement. Lined through the body, it is engineered to skim rather than cling, so the silhouette stays long, liquid and quietly composed from first step to last.
What she said after wearing it
That liquid champagne shade is the whole reason I bought it, and in real daylight it reads warm and soft rather than yellow or brassy. The satin pours off the shoulder exactly the way a strapless gown should, and the floor-length sweep felt grand without any fuss.
Strapless gowns usually slither south by the second drink, but this one stayed put through a long seated dinner and the dancing after. Whatever boning runs through the bodice does its job quietly.
The hand of this fabric is extraordinary, cool and weighty, sliding through your fingers.
The champagne satin is glorious and the floor-length drape made me feel wonderful at a winter ball, so this is very much a love. Purely my own taste, mind, but I'd have chosen a sweetheart line over the straight strapless band for my particular shoulders. That's me, not the gown, which is beautifully made and pours like liquid gold.
I needed something for a black-tie fundraiser and this carried me through the whole evening with grace. The off-shoulder line frames the collarbones, the column falls dead straight to the floor, and I felt quietly the most elegant woman in a very dressed-up room.
Right in the middle of the order I was packing up the flat and relocating across town, so I had to scramble to get the delivery pointed at the new place instead of the old one. Sorting that out took a few back-and-forth messages and frayed my nerves a little. The gown itself, once it reached me, is stunning, that champagne satin really does pour to the floor exactly as promised.
Thank you for staying with us through your move, and congratulations on the new home. A change of address mid-order is exactly the kind of thing we want to make seamless, so we're sorry it cost you any effort at all, and we'll keep looking at how we handle re-routes. We're delighted the Flavia arrived safely and lives up to its champagne pour. Should you ever need to update delivery details again, contact@hctbeauty.com will sort it in one message.
The drape is the magic here. It genuinely seems to flow downward, catching light along every fold as you move, and the hem skims the floor without pooling. I floated rather than walked.
I wanted a non-white gown for my rehearsal dinner and the champagne tone was spot on, soft and luminous against candlelight. The strapless cut showed off my shoulders and the satin photographed like a dream.
I hovered between the S and the M and talked myself into the smaller one, which on a strapless satin column was the wrong call, it sits a touch too snug across the bust for me to relax in. That's entirely my own misjudgement of the two sizes. The dress is genuinely beautiful, the satin has that gorgeous liquid fall and the champagne colour is just right.
We're sorry the size you landed on isn't sitting quite as it should, and please don't be hard on yourself, choosing between two sizes on a fitted strapless cut is never obvious. We'd love to put this right with an exchange to the M; just drop us a line at contact@hctbeauty.com and we'll arrange it with our 30-day returns. The Flavia deserves to feel as good as it looks on you, and we want you in the size that lets it pour properly.
Four hundred-odd dollars sounds steep until you feel the weight of the satin and see how cleanly the seams sit. Comparable gowns from the big design houses run three times this and don't drape any better.
I ordered with time to spare, yet the whole courier system was clogged with the holiday rush and the parcel inched along day after day while I refreshed the tracking. By the time it landed my event had nearly passed. Maddening through no fault of the dress, which is exquisite, the champagne satin and that off-shoulder line are everything I hoped.
We're truly sorry the delivery dragged when you were counting on it; a peak-season pile-up across the carriers is no comfort when there's a date on the calendar, and we should have flagged the slower transit to you. Please write to contact@hctbeauty.com so we can make this right and look at protected timing for any future order. We're so glad the Flavia itself didn't disappoint, that satin was made for an evening like yours, and we'd love it to reach you stress-free next time.
No sequins, no slits, no drama beyond the line itself, which is precisely why it works. The off-shoulder champagne column speaks for itself.
Every single picture from the evening looks editorial. The satin throws back light in long soft ribbons and the champagne reads gold-pink in flash, ivory in daylight. My photographer kept asking me to turn so it caught the light.
That off-the-shoulder band sits exactly where it should, wide enough to feel deliberate, snug enough to stay. It frames the neck and decolletage gorgeously and I didn't tug at it once all night.
Some evening dresses feel like glorified separates. This is unmistakably a gown, full length, strapless, the satin falling in one unbroken line. For a milestone anniversary dinner it was exactly the right level of formal.
What surprised me was the inside, fully finished, smooth against the skin, no scratchy seams. The construction tells you where the money went.
Bought this for a vow renewal because I didn't want stark bridal white, and the warm champagne satin was softer and far more flattering against my skin. The poured-to-the-floor length made me feel statuesque.
Standing still it's beautiful; in motion it's mesmerising. The satin ripples as you walk and settles back into a clean column the moment you stop.
After a wrap dress and a scarf from this atelier I trusted them with something far dearer, and they more than earned it. The Flavia is the finest piece I now own and the strapless fit was impeccable straight from the box.
I have warm olive colouring and worried champagne might wash me out. Instead it glowed against me, that liquid satin picking up just enough warmth to look made for my complexion.
I'm on the taller side and gowns often finish short on me, but the floor-sweeping cut gave me plenty of length in the L, hemming just over my heels. Finally a column that actually reaches the floor.
Nothing about it shouts, yet everyone at the engagement party clocked it as expensive. The off-shoulder satin has that hushed, expensive calm I was after.
Bought it for my daughter's first opera season and she nearly cried opening it. The champagne satin suited her perfectly and the strapless silhouette made her feel like a film star.
Tiny thing, but the side seams vanish into the satin with no puckering at all, even over the bust. Whoever cut and sewed this knew what they were doing. The whole column hangs true.
Answered by the Hugo Caesar Tassi atelier
It's fully lined and completely opaque — no slip required. Only the lightest details are very slightly sheer, by design.
True to size through the waist and skirt. The bodice is tailored, so size up if you're fuller in the bust. See the size guide for exact measurements.
Very much so — it was designed for evening, dinners and the after-dark hours. Avorio and the deeper tones read beautifully after dark; the lighter colors suit daytime.
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