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Sofia won my last contest for guessing that one of my top ten favorite movies is Casablanca. (The other nine: Whisper of the Heart, Vertigo, The Thin Man, Some Like It Hot, Robin Hood (Disney version), Porco Rosso, North by Northwest, Dr. Strangelove and All About Eve.) She wrote: “Casablanca is one of my favorite movies, too, and definitely a film everyone should see. Anyway, I’d like to see the masquerade dress from this post: https://lianaspaperdolls.com/2009/10/12/halloween-masquerade-series-1-black-and-white-masquerade-gown-with-bonus-colored-brown-and-red-elf-gown/ in dark colors… maybe a mottled red/black/purple kind of brocade or damask pattern on the skirt, with gold trim.” I hope you like this version, Sofia. I certainly do, although it made my thumb go numb again. I’ve got to start splitting up these pattern-heavy coloring jobs over the course of a couple of days! (Not a complaint, I really like being challenged to do something cool like this.)
Colors used: French Grey family (white cascade, sleeves, etc.), Cool Grey (70% and 90% on the top part), Dark Umber, Light Umber, Goldenrod, Sunburst Yellow, Crimson Lake, Tuscan Red, Moss Green, Limepeel, Imperial Violet, Greyed Lavender, Black Grape, Black, Colorless Blender
Absolutely lovely! It reminds me of this thing they used to do shortly after the french revolution called a bal aux victimes. you had to be a relative of someone who was executed during the revolution to attend, and they’d wear low cut dresses with their hair up and ribbons around their necks to mimic the victims on the way to the guillotine. that’s a grisly memory for such a pretty dress! sorry!
If it wasn’t 11 PM here and my thumb wasn’t still in the process of recovering, I’d be adding a choker right now. :P
So I have two more movies to add to my netflix list (Whisper of the Heart and Porco Rosso) because I’ve seen and loved the other eight…
Porco Rosso is my favourite Ghibli film! (Though I love them all and have the entire collection on dvd…)
I love this dress!
Some Like It Hot is my favorite movie. And this dress turned out really amazing!
This is AMAZING! One of the best ones in a while!!! Love it!
Do you think you could do one of Sugar’s dresses from Some like it Hot? That would be really neat…
This is FANTASTIC! So dramatic and stunning. Beautiful.
Am absolutely in love with this. It’s wonderfully opulent and utterly stunning. Am only not sure my printer can handle it.
Very beautiful! Thank you. Now, I wish I had one in my size, and a masquerade to wear it to!
Gorgeous!
this looks amazing!!
wowie! I love the mix of patterns and the dramatic-ness of this dress
I think this is one of my all time favourites. Xx
hey! ummm my b-day is in JULY can you draw me a b-day dress?! :) ????
What time period is the style of this dress from, do you know? (Ex: pre-revolutionary France, Middle Ages, Reniassance…)
It’s more of a fantasy gown than one based on any particular time period. I suppose that when I think of masquerade gowns I think of elements from the 1700s, but that is my own preference more than anything based in historical fact.
This is amazing