If you were to design you 'dream dress,' the model irrelevant, what colour(s) would you use and why?
He drums his fingers against the table top as he considers the question, their steady rhythm providing a grounding point for his thoughts. “It would be hard for me to say, since you asked this in relation to my own dream dress,” he said slowly. “There is no dream dress that I could design myself. There are beautiful designs I admire, intricate ones I am proud of. But a dress is designed with a specific person in mind… for me at least. If I am to design a dress, I try to stitch the essence of the person I am making it for into it’s seams. Therefore, the model could never be irrelevant.” Leo paused, a soft smile warming his expression. “Still, there are some colours that I particularly love; tea rose and vermilion, for example, variations of orange that almost look pink in some lights. Deep, rich purples and blues, even emerald greens, the kind of colours that your eyes get lost in, that feel heavy against your tongue when you try to explain them. And for lighter shades, soft sky blues and cerulean, perhaps a gentle aqua.” The only colour he stayed away from now was red. Deep, crimson red. And there were many, very good reasons why.
“It’s also very dependant upon the fabric of the dress, the cut also,” he continued, carried away. “If it were to be made from something such as satin or silk, then I would choose to go with deeper colours, ones that are lifted by the subtle luminance of the fabric and made almost ethereal. A material that is lighter, such as chiffon, I would often go lighter. But not always. Combining those, layering them to create depth and movement that seems to be an extension of the wearer, is what would make the perfect dress. A dream dress. So no… I cannot say what my dream dress would be, but those colours are the ones that I tend to return to, time and time again.”
