caitiedid Gift Card
Denominations
The surest way to give a one-of-one piece: let them choose it themselves.
A caitiedid gift card arrives by email with a unique code, ready to forward on or print out. It never expires, and it can be spent on anything in the shop; a hand-smocked baby dress, a beaded evening clutch, a pair of opera gloves still in their box.
For the friend with the new baby, the person who loves old things, or the moment when the right size hasn’t quite arrived yet.
Before it reaches you
Someone loved this before you did, and I try to honour that properly. Each piece is hand washed, or cleaned in the way that the fabric permits, then steamed until it softens and straightens and feels newly attended to. Wherever a button was missing, it has been replaced with a vintage one from my long-kept collection. Wherever a hem had given way, I fix it by hand. By the time it leaves this room it is genuinely clean, pressed, whole, and looked over one final time before I let myself believe it is ready. Not restored. Not made new. Just returned to a state where it can be loved again, by someone who was not there the first time.