The Serpent Dress Continued....

As promised in an earlier blog I am now posting the result of the important design change that we made to the "Serpent Dress", now known as "Serpentina".

The design issue for the bodice of this dress was addressed by opening up the lines from the original tubular ending. As seen in the photo below, the original lines ended abruptly at the base of the bodice. We needed a smoother transition connecting the top of the dress to the bottom, so we opened up the lines to transition smoothly to the front yoke of the skirt. As you can see--from the pictures below--choosing the right fabrics was key to completing this concept. In the photo on the right, enclosed around the glowing circle, you can see how the matching fabrics unify the top and bottom. Look carefully, even though the colors are the same, the yoke fabric (as seen in photo to the left) is stripped and the skirt fabrics are dots. I like the subtly of combining the different patterns together in one piece. For me, it allows for the wearer to constantly discover all the multiple elements that constitute this garment.

Let me also remind you that all these different patterned fabrics were hand dyed by Ana Lisa Hedstrom so "Serpentina" is really turning out to be a gorgeous labor of love!