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organic cotton dresses made in usa Organic Belted Cotton Shirt DressOrganic Belted Cotton Shirt Dress A Timeless Garment of Grace, Culture & Conscious Living At BeachCandy, we believe clothing should be more than fabricit should tell a story, hold intention, and feel like a second skin. Our Organic Belted Cotton Shirt Dress, handcrafted in India by skilled artisans, is all of these things and more. Its a piece that honors tradition, elevates the everyday, and gently treads on the Earth we love. This isnt just a shirt

Organic Belted Cotton Shirt Dress

A Timeless Garment of Grace, Culture & Conscious Living

At BeachCandy, we believe clothing should be more than fabric—it should tell a story, hold intention, and feel like a second skin. Our Organic Belted Cotton Shirt Dress, handcrafted in India by skilled artisans, is all of these things and more. It’s a piece that honors tradition, elevates the everyday, and gently treads on the Earth we love.

This isn’t just a shirt dress—it’s a work of living art. Made from 100% organic Indian cotton and dyed with ancient vegetable-based techniques like mud and turmeric, each dress reflects the profound legacy of India’s rich textile heritage. Every thread, every button, every brush of dye is handled with care by small-batch artisans whose families have perfected the craft of block printing for generations.


From the Earth, For the Soul

The fabric used in this piece is unlike any other—pure organic cotton, grown without chemicals, pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers. It breathes with you, moves with you, and honors the natural intelligence of your skin. No stiffness. No toxins. Just an airy softness that feels as good as it looks.

Dyed with mud, turmeric, and other plant-based pigments, the dress comes in two deeply intentional prints:

  • The Marbled Mud Dye – A neutral earthy tone with a subtle marble texture, grounding you in nature.

  • The Vibrant Turmeric Third Eye Print – A bold print with spiritual significance, designed to awaken the senses and elevate your energy.

Because we use only natural dyes and traditional printing methods, no two dresses are the same. Each one is a limited edition expression of individuality, just like the women who wear them.


More Than Just a Dress

The beauty of this shirt dress lies in its function as much as its form. The collared neckline and coconut shell buttons create a crisp, tailored appearance that can be styled for work, while the lightweight cotton and belted waist offer ease and comfort for everyday wear. It’s polished yet relaxed. Structured yet soft. It’s your go-to dress whether you’re heading to a coastal retreat, a weekend brunch, or simply want to feel put together with zero effort.

Button it up for the boardroom. Unbutton it over a bikini as a vacation cover-up. Pair it with sneakers or sandals, heels or bare feet. This is a garment for every hour of the day—and every version of you.


Crafted with Integrity, Designed for Impact

This dress is born from a beautiful partnership with a small artisan village in India, where craftsmanship is revered and production is done slowly, ethically, and sustainably. No factories. No shortcuts. Just people—real human hands pouring intention into every seam.

By wearing this dress, you're supporting more than just the artisan who made it. You're helping preserve ancient knowledge, creating fair opportunities, and championing a way of fashion that respects people and planet alike.


Why Organic Cotton Matters

When we say organic cotton, we mean a commitment—to your health, the health of our makers, and the health of the Earth. Unlike conventional cotton, which is often doused in chemicals and contributes to environmental degradation, organic cotton is grown using regenerative methods that:

  • Preserve soil health

  • Reduce water usage

  • Support biodiversity

  • Protect farmers from harmful exposure

  • Break the cycle of toxic textile waste

Even better? Organic cotton is stronger and longer-lasting. This means your dress will hold its shape, integrity, and vibrancy—wash after wash, season after season.


A Piece to Cherish for Years to Come

This shirt dress isn’t made for trends. It’s made for real life—timeless, adaptable, and deeply rooted in something more meaningful. It’s a staple in the Be The Change Collection because it represents everything we stand for: non-toxic living, cultural appreciation, conscious fashion, and empowered women.

We believe that what we wear should reflect who we are and what we stand for. And if you stand for elegance, ethics, and Earth-loving fashion—this dress is for you.

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JeFF Stumpo
San Leandro, US
★★★★★ 5
A Feminist Divine Comedy?
Format: Paperback
Let me start with this: The Descent of Alette is difficult to read at first. Notley "puts quotation marks around" "groups of words" "in lines" "that can be off-putting." Note that I'm not quoting from the book there, just giving an example of what the book's text appears like. This forces us to read more slowly, taking in each line a few words at a time. What appears to be awkward is in fact a great solution to the speed-reading most of us do these days. That being said, it's troublesome for the first few poems, less so after that, virtually invisible by the end of the first section. When talking about this book, I immediately compare it to Dante's Divine Comedy, and I commonly see others do the same (see an earlier review here on Amazon.com). Exchange Hell for a subway, and you've basically got it: an underground realm ruled over by a Tyrant, poor souls being tortured, though in this case there is no indication that they have done anything to deserve it. Notley's language might not be quite as beautiful/harsh as Dante's, but her images stand with anything he created. After introducing two characters on a subway, a woman and her baby, both on fire, Notley writes: "another woman" "in uniform" "from above ground" "entered" "the train" "She was fireproof" "she wore gloves, & she" "took" "the baby" "took the baby" "away from the" "mother" "Extracted" "the burning baby" "From the fire" "they made together" "But the baby" "still burned" ("But not yours" "It didn't happen" "to you") "We don't know yet" "if it will" "stop burning," "said the uniformed" "woman" "The burning woman" "was crying" "she made a form" "in her mind" "an imaginary" "form" "to settle" "in her arms where" "the baby" "had been" "We saw her fiery arms" "cradle the air" "She cradled air" ("They take your children" "away" "if you"re on fire") "In the air that" "she cradled" "it seemed to us there" "floated" "a flower-like" "a red flower" "its petals" "curling flames" "She cradled" "seemed to cradle" "the burning flower of" "herself gone" "her life" ("She saw" "whatever she saw, but what we saw" "was that flower") After surviving the horrors of the subway, Alette goes even deeper underground, passing through a series of psychological challenges that at times seem straight out of Freud, at times out of Classical mythology, at times out of collective dreams. Throughout it all, we learn more and more about Alette, who is not just a "hero" who goes through the motions necessary to the plot, but who considers and stumbles and is confused and learns. The third section of the book is a rebirth, wherein Alette finds a source for a stronger power than the Tyrant's, and it is distinctly feminist in its nature. I need to note here for those who react to feminism in a knee-jerk way: Notley's feminism is not a militant feminism, though it requires brief "military" action on Alette's part. Men are helpful in the story, have purpose besides being the bad guy. If anything, what Notley attacks in the form of the Tyrant is the idea of a corrupt masculinity, a kind of Big Brother who would easily stand as an antagonist in any number of 20th/21st century literary works. Alette's feminism is the discovery of her place in the world, and that place is not slaving away mindlessly for the Tyrant, not acting as just a womb or pair of hands or pretty face. It's a nuanced message, despite the epic (and therefore presumably black-and-white) nature of the whole book. The fourth section is the showdown with the Tyrant, a great deal of philosophizing, and an ending that I actually find more satisfying than that of Paradiso. I won't spoil it here, but it just works extremely well in conjunction with the themes of Descent as a whole. If you want to be challenged, if you want to think deep thoughts, if you want surreality and magic, pick up The Descent of Alette. For even more interesting reading from the author and her partner, you could also turn to The Scarlet Cabinet, which contains but actually predates the on-its-own publication of Descent.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2010
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Kent Shaw
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 5
A Contemporary Epic
Format: Paperback
I have a complicated relationship with most of the books I've read by Alice Notley. I admire her facility with the lyric, her ability to get just beneath a concept or sentiment using a very talk-y style so that I always feel like I'm with whatever speaker she's using, inside that mind and her mind all at once. This is a good kind of complication. It's one I yearn for with poems. The unpleasant complications are when I feel as though I'm just being subjected to her unedited notebook entries. Too much, too much, too much. It comes up especially with her book Mysteries of Small Houses. I mention these difficulties only to sharpen the accomplishment of The Descent of Alette. Like other reviewers, I feel the tonal similarities to Dante's Inferno. Which becomes a subversive allusion considering Alette seeks after a male Tyrant in order to destroy him, while Dante sought after his Beatrice out of desire. But I read and reread Alette, because Notley continually subverts patriarchal conventions in the book. I actually find I crave the speaker's intellect, and the mythic logic that gives the book its arc. I want it more. Yes, there are quotations around each fragment in the poems. I actually appreciate them for slowing my reading down, and for sharpening my focus on the use of Notley's language. And it's not just a stylistic tic, or something to be endured. It could actually be described as further subversion of The Tyrant Alette pursues.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2011
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Raquel Wilbon
Port Orchard, US
★★★★★ 2
Imagery and diction
Format: Paperback
This book was very challenging to read because everything was written in quotations however, it was intriguing as a different way of writing poetry.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020
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amber a
West Palm Beach, US
★★★★★ 5
I tend to leave most books in this genre disappointed. I miss the classics
Format: Hardcover
I bought this book after hearing Stacey Lee speak about narrative tension at a lecture for YA writers - the talk was specifically entitled, "How to keep them up all night." The lecture (alongside Anna Shinoda) bit off a rather large amount of material. Neither woman mentioned vampires. The methods they discussed were smart, creative, and delivered with just enough humor to leave me wondering whether I'd be able to put their debut novels down. I devoured GONE WITH THE WIND at least six times cover to cover between my sophomore and senior year. While I am more susceptible to the Historical Fiction page turner than the average girl, I tend to leave most books in this genre disappointed. I miss the classics. I opened this book determined to not judge it by its gorgeous pastel cover. I started slowly. I enjoyed the first four or five chapters - leaving each fully appreciative of Lee's craft. I particularly enjoyed her ability to pepper humor though tragedy. I often complain about writers who miss the mark here. Stacey Lee nailed that important believable balance for me. I liked her characters quickly. I left each chapter satisfied, but thoroughly able to get up and go on with my life. Like a jaded Thumper in Walt Disney's BAMBI, this book was more than nice, but I wasn't susceptible to any kind of teen-aged Twitterpation over it. After the sixth or seventh chapter - four or five days after I first picked it up, I quietly closed my copy, placed it on my nightstand, switched off my lamp, fluffed my pillow and turned over. I turned over again. I flipped on the light - OK, just one more chapter... I zombie sleepwalked to work the next day. That night I retired early, making some completely convincing excuse about being exhausted. I was certainly too tired to read. Flash forward to 6AM when I woke up with this novel on my face. I turned it's last page this afternoon, fully satisfied. I am truly sad it's over. This book transported me. It's one I'll want to have in my collection forever, alongside the beautiful books that mattered to me as a teen; JANE EYRE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, UNDER A PAINTED SKY. Classic in feel, subject matter, and voice - but modern in approach, I'd be as comfortable recommending it to my book club as I would handing it to any teen. Readers of all ages and walks of life will surely find something that resonates with their own stories too. As for me, I am sure I'll be back on the trail with these girls-- I mean boys, before long. Now I'm off to try my hand at Anna Shinoda's LEARNING NOT TO DROWN. Well, maybe tomorrow. I need a good night's sleep and it's clear these authors know how to keep those pages turning.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2015
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Ruth Franklin
Boise, US
★★★★★ 4
Good, Fun, Important Topics
Format: Paperback
Good, solid, read for ages 12+. Somewhat unrealistic and yet believable story of two strong young female characters traveling west disguised as boys. Couldn't stop reading it until I was finished with the book, and now my granddaughter is doing the same. This book has many relevant themes about race, gender, class, religion, and other stereotypes and is an excellent choice for a classroom or family read aloud. Get it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2017

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