"Where we are, There’s daggers in men’s smiles, The near in blood, the nearer bloody." - William Shakespeare, 'Macbeth', Act II, Scene III.
[ visualization. ]
When the board arrives, her assistants sigh with undertones of terror - not for the for the carnage Verity requires, but for the task itself. Once in her mind, it needed to be accomplished to perfection; for what is haute couture if not another flair of art? She gathers pieces and bit: Dior boots and pants - S/S 2006, Julien Fournier cloak - F/W 2010, Alexander McQueen leather skirt & accessories, S/S 2019. A trip through time, each piece telling the same story that perhaps Viviana ought to weave her own version of it.
To complement, Verity contacted exclusive designers, each of them provided with a hefty sum to add the touches to her project - the handmade corset, the crimson claws, the Ruby necklace to remind of what was taken at the time of his death. The main piece is her mask - or rather, the headpiece, Gucci F/W 2018, and the sword, depicting the image of the general.
There she struts to meet their host; the conqueror, the tyrant, the tragedy. Blood-soaked, by both hers and of those who’d met her blade in the fervor for power.
