Orders

orders are typically made-TO-ORDER, excluding original and returned garments FROM stock.  all items are carefully crafted by hand in-studio, and there will generally be at least a FIVE BUSINESS day production time on orders.  THE MORE INVOLVED GARMENTS CAN TAKE MULTIPLE WEEKS TO FINISH.

ALL GARMENTS EXCEEDING $200 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LIMITED COMPLEMENTARY REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS. FOR GARMENTS EXCEEDING $400, COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES ARE EXTENDED FOR THE LIFE OF THE GARMENT. THE ONLY CHARGE ON THESE SERVICES IS THE COST OF SHIPPING.

MOST ITEMS are returnable within 21 days if they are unworn, unwashed and in their original condition.  SOME EXCLUSIONS MAY APPLY TO HEAVILY PERSONALIZED ITEMS, THOUGH THESE ARE FLEXIBLE.

please contact ellis BY EMAIL OR INSTAGRAM DM with any inquiries about orders, OR TO REQUEST rePAIRS, alterations, AND RETURNS.

Sizing and Measurement

GENERAL SIZING GUIDES FOR ready-to-wear GARMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS (BUST / WAIST / HIP)

XS – 33-34” B / 24-26” W / 34-36” H

S – 34-36” B / 26-28” W / 36-39” H

M – 37-39” B / 29-31” W / 40-43” H

L - 4O-42” B / 32-34” W / 44-47” H

XL – 43-45” B / 35-37” W / 48-51” H

MEASUREMENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BODY WITH A TAILORS TAPE. THE BUST AND HIP ARE THE WIDEST POINTS OF THE BODY, GENERALLY THE BUST IS TAKEN OVER THE APEX OF THE BREAST AND THE HIP IS TAKEN OVER THE HIP BONE AND GLUTES. THE WAIST IS THE NARROWEST POINT AROUND THE MIDSECTION, GENERALLY AROUND THE MIDPOINT OF THE BUST AND THE HIP.

THE BASE SizE GUIDES FOR RTW GARMENTS HAVE A TENDENCY TOWARDS A PEAR-SHAPED BODYWEIGHT DISTRIBUTION, AND MAY NOT BE PERFECTLY TAILORED FOR ALL BODY TYPES. SIZING DOWN IS ADVISED FOR THOSE JUST OVER A SPECIFIC SIZE, HOWEVER recommendations for sizing up or down depend on SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING your measurement distribution, the desired fit ON THE BODY, AND THE FIT TYPE OF THE PARTICULAR GARMENT. DURING THE ORDER PROCESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN FITTING RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST PERSONAL sizing accommodations.

items MADE ACCORDING TO NON-TYPICAL FITTING REQUESTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE RETURNED FOR A FULL REFUND, THOUGH THIS DEPENDS ON PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES

The ELEUSIV Myth

A synthesis of zen aesthetics, pagan cultism, americana, and THE CLASSICS OF HIGH-END WOMENSWEAR.  eleusiv is A PLANET of nature, myth, and SILVER WATERS THAT REFLECT EARTH-HUMAN HISTORIES. ITS CULTURE LIVES IN the practicalITY of AGRARIAN antiquity and A HUMANISTIC ANTI-futurism.  ITS PEOPLE pay homage to the ancient and modern ARTISANS of THE DISTANT pale blue, THE OLD WORLD AND NEW NATIONS. COSMIC TEXTILE, AN IMMORTAL PROJECT, OUR LABOR OF LOVE.

ETYMOLOGY

“ELEUSIV” IS DERIVED FROM the eleusinian mysteries, the ancient psychedelic rites practICed by the cult of persephone at the sanctuary eleusis. theSE RITES honored theIR PATRON, who was abducted by hades and ETERNALLY BOUND to the underworld BY consumING its fruit.  HER STORY MIRRORS THE STORY OF EVE, THE FRUIT, Hell and paradise IN THE ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE HISTORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN long AFTER THE HELLENIC GODS.