A romantic tiered tulle tea dress on fine straps — a ruched bodice, a gathered sash, and a soft frilled skirt over a cotton-soft lining.
Free express delivery worldwide · import duties included
The Marcia is a midi tiered tulle tea-length dress in cotton-lined tulle from the Faustina collection — a dress conceived in Rome for weddings, the opera and occasions that ask for more. The tiered tulle tea-length in cotton-lined tulle is cut from structured crepe that holds a clean line, fully lined so it reads opaque in daylight and flash alike.
Like every Hugo Caesar Tassi piece, the Marcia is finished by hand: a concealed closure, real linings, and seams sewn to last. It is offered in 2 colors from the imperial palette — Verde Antico, Lavanda — and built to be worn for years, not a single season.
| Silhouette | Spaghetti-strap fit-and-flare with a ruched bodice, gathered waist sash and tiered A-line tulle skirt |
| Fabric | Soft layered tulle over a cotton-blend lining (main fabric: cotton) |
| Neckline | Scoop neckline with fine adjustable straps and a lace-up corset back |
| Length | Tea-length — falls to mid-calf, with a single gathered ruffle frill across the skirt |
| Occasion | Garden weddings, birthday parties, occasion dressing, the long summer evening |
| Care | Dry clean or cold gentle wash; cool iron the lining only, never the tulle |
Fitted through the ruched bodice and gathered waist sash, then full and forgiving through the tiered tulle skirt; take your usual size.
Model is 174 cm / 5′8½″ and wears a size M. Offered in a full XXS–XXXL run, including extended sizes.
Tea-length — the hem falls to mid-calf; the lace-up back adjusts the fit through the waist. The fine straps best suit an adhesive or strapless bra.
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 occasion, pair the Marcia in Verde Antico 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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The Marcia takes the romance of a tiered tulle skirt and steadies it with a clean, quiet line.
Cut on fine straps from a soft scoop neck, the Marcia gathers the tulle bodice into a neat ruched front, draws it in at a wide gathered waist sash, then releases into a full A-line skirt broken by a single frilled tier across the thigh. A lace-up corset back lets the waist be set exactly. It is the prettiest shape in the house, held to the same restraint as the gowns.
Layered sheer tulle over a soft cotton-blend lining keeps the skirt full and the line opaque, so it photographs as light and moves like air. Tea-length, so the whole hem reads at once.
Soft tulle on a cotton-soft lining, made for warm-weather celebration from afternoon to evening.
The Marcia is built for the occasions that begin in daylight and run into the night — a birthday lunch, a garden wedding, a long terrace dinner. The cotton-based lining keeps it breathable and easy against the skin; the tulle keeps it romantic.
Offered in muted Verde Antico sage green and soft Lavanda lilac — one soft, full silhouette, two ways to read the light.
What she said after wearing it
The Lavanda is so soft and grey-violet in real daylight, nothing like the flat lilac I feared from a screen. Outdoors at a garden christening it shifted between dusty mauve and pale heather as the afternoon moved, and the tulle tiers caught every bit of light.
Those frilled tiers move like nothing else I own.
Bought it for my parents' fortieth and felt entirely myself. The gathered sash sits at exactly the right place to give me a waist, the ruched bodice holds without squeezing, and the tea length meant I could dance without managing a train all evening.
Tulle usually means a scratchy slip and a long night, but the lining here is genuinely cotton-soft against the skin. I stopped noticing I was wearing it within ten minutes, which is the highest praise I can give an occasion dress.
Everything about the Lavanda is lovely, the soft tiers, the gathered sash, the cotton-feel lining. On me it sits a touch roomy across the bust, so I'm popping into my seamstress to take the bodice in a fraction. Purely my own proportions, the dress itself is beautifully made and I adore it.
The dress is genuinely lovely, the Verde Antico softer and more interesting than I expected, and the tulle tiers float exactly as hoped. My only frustration was the journey: the tracking sat frozen with no new scans for the better part of a fortnight, not a single update, and I'd half given up before it landed on my step without warning. The piece is a joy, but those silent days were nerve-racking before an event.
Thank you for such a generous review of the Marcia, and we're so pleased the Verde Antico won you over. You were right to feel uneasy, a stretch of silence on the tracking with no scans is unsettling, especially with a date in mind, and we're sorry it played out that way. We're raising it with our carrier so the updates keep flowing as a parcel travels. If you ever find yourself watching a still tracking page again, write to us at contact@hctbeauty.com and we'll chase it personally. Enjoy every twirl in those tulle tiers.
The faded sage-green reads quiet and slightly antique, exactly as the name suggests. It photographs as this gentle eucalyptus tone and looks expensive against bare arms.
I worried the fine straps would dig or slip on me, but they're well placed and stayed put through a long lunch and the walk home. No fidgeting, no adjusting.
I can't fault the Lavanda itself, the frilled skirt and soft sash are everything I wanted for a spring lunch. What soured it was delivery: the courier handed it off to someone further down the road without a card or a clear note, and I spent three days knocking on doors trying to work out where it had ended up. By the time I retrieved it the tulle was fine, but the worry wasn't.
We're grateful you took the time to write, and delighted the Lavanda Marcia is what you hoped for. Handing your parcel to another address with no clear word left to you is not the arrival we intend, and the days you spent searching for it are entirely understandable as a frustration. We're taking this up with the delivery partner so drop-offs are properly recorded and communicated. Should anything like it happen again, contact@hctbeauty.com reaches us directly and we'll step in at once. May the tulle tiers bring you many lovely afternoons.
A tiered tulle tea dress could easily tip into bridesmaid or prom territory, and this stays the right side of grown-up. The ruching and the simple straps keep it modern, so I never felt like I was playing dress-up at thirty-eight.
I'll say plainly that the dress, when it finally came, is beautiful, the tiered tulle and gathered sash are just as romantic as I'd imagined in the Verde Antico. The problem was getting there: my bank put a hold on my first overseas payment to verify it was really me, and that stalled the order leaving the atelier for days while I sorted it out. None of it was the fault of the dress, but the delay nearly cost me the occasion I bought it for.
Thank you for your patience and for still finding warm words for the Marcia, it means a great deal. A first international payment paused by your bank for verification is squarely a banking safeguard rather than anything in your hands or ours, yet we know the knock-on wait before dispatch was real and stressful with a date approaching. We'd love to help you plan around checks like this next time, do reach us at contact@hctbeauty.com and we'll do everything we can to get a piece to you in good time. We hope the tulle tiers made the occasion after all.
I was nervous about creasing tulle in a case, so I laid it flat between layers of knitwear. Hung it on the back of the wardrobe door overnight and every tier dropped clean, ready for the next day.
Ordered the Verde Antico for my sister's engagement party and she actually teared up. The gathered sash and frilled skirt suit her romantic streak completely, and she's already planning where she'll wear it next.
Sat, stood, ate a full meal and stayed for the speeches with zero discomfort. The waist sash doesn't restrict and the lining lets air through.
Tea length can swamp me but this hits mid-calf in a way that lengthens rather than shortens. The tiers are spaced so the volume sits low, which kept everything balanced and feminine.
I've spent far more on occasion pieces with worse finishing. For just over two hundred dollars the tiered construction, the lined skirt and the neat ruching feel considered, not corner-cut.
That gathered sash at the waist is the detail I keep coming back to. It cinches softly, ties without bulk, and gives the whole floaty silhouette a defined centre. Without it the dress would be pretty; with it the dress is special.
Wore the Lavanda to an April wedding in the country and it suited the setting perfectly. Light enough for a warm marquee, soft enough for the breeze to catch the frills, and dressy enough to honour the occasion.
Flat sandals and a straw bag for a lunch, then heels and a wrap when the evening turned cool. The same tulle dress carried both moods without looking like I'd tried too hard either way.
Started with the Verde Antico in spring and the Lavanda followed within the month. Two genuinely different moods from one cut, and I reach for both more than anything else hanging up.
The gathered front skims rather than clings, which forgave a big lunch and still looked neat in photographs. Whoever cut the bodice understood real bodies.
I'm not one for loud occasion wear and this is beautifully restrained for something with so much tulle. The muted colour and the soft frills whisper rather than shout, which is precisely why I bought it.
Every candid from the day looks editorial because the skirt catches movement so well. There's one of me mid-laugh with the tiers lifting that I've already had printed.
It came nestled in a smart box with a small handwritten card, and the whole thing felt like opening something precious. The dress was wrapped so the tulle kept its shape, no flattening, no crush marks, just ready to wear.
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 weddings, the opera and occasions that ask for more. Verde Antico and the deeper tones read beautifully after dark; the lighter colors suit daytime.
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