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Padmés Dinner dress
Pictures of the original costume – the last picture also shows the feather cape.
I have made this one before, when I still made costumes for many others.
Now a friend of mine wanted it, too – but partially made with her materials.
No problem for me… here’s what I created…
The corset wasn’t made by me, my friend bought it – that in advance.
The skirt was made with the burnout silk velvet that was originally used on the Star Wars ‘Senate’ gown; I have also used this fabric on my “Water” gown – for this skirt, it was used in black color. It is completely lined with silver grey Dupioni silk.
The necklace was made of black velvet and combined with no less than *three* complete pre-made pearl belts. I’ve also used a real vintage Victorian / Edwardian jet pearl ornament on the front middle of the neck.
The fingerless gloves were made of Pleather.
And the most amazing thing I’ve created is probably the handbag, which I have made with the remnants of anything else (meaning burnout velvet, Dupioni silk, strands of the pearl belts and a pearl flower that was on one of the belts) plus some greenish shimmering feathers.
Such feathers were also used on the original cape that went with the original costume (and which I have partially created for this costume as well – but I didn’t sew all the feathers on, my customer wanted to add some herself – so – no pictures of that *yet*, but maybe Michaela will send me some when she has finished the cape and wore the complete costume for some pictures? 
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