Saturday, May 17, 2008

Custom Dauphine Ball Gown




This is my own brainchild. I just kept adding details until it felt worthy of the Dauphine of France! Lots of rich taffeta with stitched "swirlees" all over the extra full lower skirt portion. I don't know how else to describe it. It has 4 layers of tulle underneath to add fullness to the lower skirt. It has an under and an outer skirt. The outer skirt is pulled at points to make "ballooning" and has large silky baby aqua colored hand made rosebuds at each pulled point on the outer skirt. It has a princess neckline that reaches to the shoulders with small baby aqua rosebuds from end to end of the beautiful neckline, and a satin brown ruffle behind that. The sleeves go right to the elbows with the same detailing as the neck but fit snugly as that was the style in that era. It has a wide baby aqua sash with beautiful covered buttons in the back. It is a pullover dress and hangs loosely. It is a one of a kind and is a size 4. This one I will part with for $125.00 or I could recreate it in a size up to 8 in your custom colors and fabrics for $175.00. Yeah I know, expensive but again very time intensive to make.

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