Challenge 7 - Veronique
Instead of the blue tones from a night sky I decided to use the colours that moonlight reflects on the earth. The silvers and golds through to the aubergine of the shadows of the night. The dusty tones of the Lunar Moth. This is my "joie de vivre"- the colors that still remain in the moonlight. I wanted a tiered effect with darker tones progressing through to silver. I figured there was some magic with this challenge and a little bit of fantasy was called for on my part. :-)
Finding the colors I wanted was very difficult and not exactly the shades I would have chosen but I am happy with the end result and I think Veronique would be very happy strolling along the beach at midnight listening to the "Moonlight Sonata" :-)
the lunar moth
INTRODUCING
The "Joie De Vivre" collection
The Joie de Vivre Collection has a certain "je ne sais quoi" quality, an exclusiveness difficult to describe but exuding an unrestrained sensation of free spirited charisma.
This can be witnessed in the Centrepiece gown, Veronique in "Clair de Lune" . She is the essence of joie de vivre. Passionate, sophisticated, carefree and liberated. In a previous life she might have performed the French Can Can at the Moulin Rouge, swishing layer upon layer of frilly skirts high in the air.
Her gown has evolved into a transforming tone of colored frills to suggest the shades of moonlight cascading from silver ,though gold to the darkest shadows on the bottom frill. The delustred satin shimmers as moonbeams bounce on the frills as she glides along.
Her corseted silk bodice brings a sense of stability to the gown, with silver thread completing the panels. There is added detail with tiny rouleau buds gracing the front and back bodice as if still emerging into life.
The front decollete has a tiny crystal in the centre of the bud gleaming like a moondrop when the light strikes it. Veronique wears a crystal necklet on invisible thread. The crystals seem fall from nowhere .
She holds a purse made up of rays from the colors in her skirt, and there is a crystal clasp at the top.
The "joie de vivre" collection will truly be a sensory feast for the fashionistas!
Finding the colors I wanted was very difficult and not exactly the shades I would have chosen but I am happy with the end result and I think Veronique would be very happy strolling along the beach at midnight listening to the "Moonlight Sonata" :-)
I had a lot of problems in the construction of this gown but that was mostly because I changed things midstream and ended up with everything being done in the wrong order :-( There is no time for remaking on these challenges! Below are my working pix and the final outfit shots along with my notes for this challenge.
the lunar moth
INTRODUCINGThe "Joie De Vivre" collection
The Joie de Vivre Collection has a certain "je ne sais quoi" quality, an exclusiveness difficult to describe but exuding an unrestrained sensation of free spirited charisma.
This can be witnessed in the Centrepiece gown, Veronique in "Clair de Lune" . She is the essence of joie de vivre. Passionate, sophisticated, carefree and liberated. In a previous life she might have performed the French Can Can at the Moulin Rouge, swishing layer upon layer of frilly skirts high in the air.
Her gown has evolved into a transforming tone of colored frills to suggest the shades of moonlight cascading from silver ,though gold to the darkest shadows on the bottom frill. The delustred satin shimmers as moonbeams bounce on the frills as she glides along.
Her corseted silk bodice brings a sense of stability to the gown, with silver thread completing the panels. There is added detail with tiny rouleau buds gracing the front and back bodice as if still emerging into life.
The front decollete has a tiny crystal in the centre of the bud gleaming like a moondrop when the light strikes it. Veronique wears a crystal necklet on invisible thread. The crystals seem fall from nowhere .
She holds a purse made up of rays from the colors in her skirt, and there is a crystal clasp at the top.
The "joie de vivre" collection will truly be a sensory feast for the fashionistas!