Sorceress Coat

notice: this is not the final fabric but a toile!

Draping

Dido Dress

old nymph sketch

There is a detail on the neck line id like to try out, its easier to explain in person

dyed fabric in costume store and advert at bus stop

Still from the Lynx advert see full ad at :

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2011/02/angels-fall-from-sky-for-a-whiff-of-axe-spray.html

Costume store trip 2 (Sorceress Cloaks and Aeneas doublet)

Sketches for Sorceress

Chemise

some sketches - tell me what you think

Aeneas first version

-here I was thinking of Laura's idea using leather

-the doublet could be a quite plain one with a pleated part, alluding to armor and antique greek and roman

Aeneas and his friend

 -they still need colouring, but I thought I keep that open for now
-Aeneas friend has elements of sailors and of mercury

-the element of the white chemise underneath could be an ongoing theme in all the costumes and then things can be built up on top of it

Dido

 -elements of hunting, military

 -a more colourful version
-also much more feminine due to the emphasis on the waist and the wider hips (in that case we would probably need a corset, whereas in the following version we might get around it. Although the next version could be adapted to a more feminine one)

 A more masculine Dido

(personally my favorite)

-I like the colour palette

-fabrics I was thinking could be leather and some fur, taffeta and wool

-it was interesting for me to look at Dido with the idea of her representing the british people (allegory) and therefore I tried to combine the elemnts of femininity, masculinity, military, hunt/nature and royalty

Dido's Counterpart - The sorceress

-similar to the more masculine version of Dido (Maria mentioned to maybe make Dido and the sorceress similar)

The Nymphs in two different versions, one good one bad

 -here I was thinking to make use of bands to pull up the fabric and make visible the maybe darker coloured layers underneath that allude to a darker world.