Dark Mermaid Victorian Gothic Gown with Hand Marbled Train

Dark Mermaid Victorian Gothic Gown with Hand Marbled Train
Eulalie

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Design by Isis
Lauren Lavonne

This gown has SOLD, sorry!

I dwelt alone
In a world of moan,
And my soul was a stagnant tide,
Till the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride.

Ah, less— less bright
The stars of the night
Than the eyes of the radiant girl!

That the vapor can make
With the moon-tints of purple and pearl.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, 1850

Eulalie

Oh Gothic Goddess of the night, who's to say you must wear white?

Not me.

As an alternative, why not wear something that looks like it came from Dark Shadows?

A gothic priestess gown that has been completely hand crafted from a combination of fiber reactive dyes, textile paints, hand stenciling and marbling techniques, creating a one of a kind original costume gown, suitable for any castle.

The gown's silhouette is a classic form fitting mermaid, absolutely the ultimate in sex appeal. French Gigot or "leg o' mutton sleeves end in net and feature drop pearls to match the hand painted teardrops on the front of the bodice.

Dark blue black Alencon lace with distressed silver sequins edge the front of the kick skirt and follow along the edge of the sweep train, which features a center medallion of graphite prisma at back.

The bodice features a Vee neck and back, surrounded by dark blue black Alencon lace that has silver sequins and hand painted pearls set into the flower patterns.

French Gigot sleeve caps are stiff with self headings and stand well. The gown's color begins with a silver blue gunmetal at the sleeve cap and becomes darker below the waist, with purple and dark blue black properties.

The center of the gown is a light silver blue at the pearl drop embellishment and the teardrop pearls are hand painted a violet silver blue. Cobalt blue violet drop beads match the Alencon beads scattered about the gown.

A sweep train measures 100 inches from the back shoulder. Falling from the kick skirt, the train measure 60 inches or five feet.

At right: The Hand marbled Train.

The train is completely hand marbled, using powdered alum and carageenan. This process leaves a slight "hand" to the fabric, similar to an interfaced satin. The color on the train is almost light blue grey and the marbled areas are dark blue. The back of the gown features ultra violet areas at the top of the zipper and folds of the kick skirt. Areas of cobalt violet are scattered around the sweep train. The effect is beautiful and original.

The process is called Marbling because the results look like the swirls of color in marble stone. Marbling has been around as an art form for a long time - old books sometimes have marbled end-papers.

The idea is that you float fabric paints on the surface of a thick liquid (called "Size") that is prepared using Carrageenan, a jelly like substance.

The process is similar to oil on water. The floating paints can be swirled and mixed into patterns and when a piece of fabric treated with dissolved Alum is laid on top of the paint, the paint adheres to the fabric exactly where it touches.

Each marbling is unique.

Hand marbling, dye work and custom airbrushing by Lauren Lavonne. It has Sold.

THIS GOWN HAS SOLD