#dragongown

[amazonmandy]

✨✨𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒✨✨ I have a lot of thoughts on this design (I can break that down in another post), but I’m SO HAPPY to have it done and to have been able to get some nice photos on what was most likely the last “warm” day of the year!! Obviously I’ve shot quite a few of my makes in this location, which I was kind of hoping to avoid but OH WELL.

This took me almost a year from initial sketches to final product, but I would take long breaks, sometimes cutting and sewing scales (then break), hand painting each and every scale (then break), then attaching over 5,000 crystals.

This ended up weighing a bit more than I had thought it would, which was just wishful thinking on my part. One thing I’m torn on is the lower wings….I don’t know if I love them. I’m thinking of replacing them with “perkier” wings instead of wings that lay on the skirt. Opinions on that PLEASE!!

[amazonmandy]

𝐀 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 S𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠е 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐈 𝐧е𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✨🖤Dragon Empress🖤💀✨ After debating for a week after doing this shoot, I think I’ve decided to redo the wings that come out of my mid back. I think I can do it without too much issue, but when I first sketched them I wanted them to be an accent, not too eye catching. But at this point I think they’re too “limp’ so I am going to reshape them and redo where they sit. I’m frustrated bc I ordered some fabulous eye makeup for this but it didn’t arrive in time for the shoot, but for the next time I will be ready with it! 📷 @rob.somers.fit

[amazonmandy]

FINALLY DONE. I have been working on an original design for myself for so long I’ve lost track. I took breaks, worked on other things then would come back, there was so much hand painting and affixing over 3000 crystals, I had to take breaks. I finally put it all on my dress form yesterday to make sure everything fit correctly, and hope to get a shoot of it this month!

[fireflypath]

~Crimson Moon Dragon Gown~ Our customer has an affinity for dragons and commissioned us to design and create a gown that suited her fantasy persona. We used crimson red dupioni silk in her corset, the center panel has dragon scales of black pleather and crystals, each scale has a layer of netting underneath for a shadow effect and giving extra dimension. We gave her an organic pintucked overskirt of organza over her ombre skirt. Her cape is made from the same ombre fabric matching her skirt. Her pointed shoulder straps are detachable from her corset, giving her the option of different looks. #dragon #dragongown #fireflypath #fantasy