Hand-painted silk for Private Lives: Part One

[labricoleuse]

We've begun a really exciting surface design project for our next show at Playmakers, Noel Coward's Private Lives, in which we are making some fabric yardage inspired by this 1935 Schiaparelli dress in the collection of the Museum at FIT.

For the character of Amanda, costume designer Jennifer Caprio dreamed up a glamorous dress clearly influenced

Comments

[eggies_red_dres]

That iterative process is so inspiring. I love seeing the test swatches. Also, beautiful design.

[silentq]

I really like the cracked wax effect!