Seven looks built around one lace dress, photographed in an old house: a fitted bodice, a narrow waist band cut from the same cloth, and a skirt falling below the knee, in soft ivory white, deep emerald, cool mist blue, soft lilac, deep wine red, warm ivory gold and warm apricot.
The lace is close-set and finely knotted, worked in thin vines and small flowers that run unbroken from the shoulder line to the chest and down the outer edge of each sleeve. The pattern sits slightly raised from its ground cloth, so the motif reads by texture as much as by colour.
The shoulder line is cut flat and straight with both shoulders left bare under a narrow band of lace trim. The sleeves grow out of that shoulder line into bell sleeves of sheer chiffon, layer gathered over layer and drawn into a thin edge at the cuff. A narrow band of the same cloth closes the waist.
The skirt opens from the waist band and falls below the knee, with a side slit edged in a narrow band of chiffon. Over the whole dress hangs a second layer of sheer chiffon carrying a faint woven floral, and the hem is lined with one more layer of light gauze that keeps the shape full.
The shoes change with the look: pale pink satin pumps with a small pearl button at the toe; nude strappy stiletto heels wound twice round the ankle; pearl-white satin pumps with a bow centred with a small pearl; and gold strappy sandals with fine bands across the instep.
The jewellery stays close to the dress — a double strand of fine pearls at the collarbone, a slim jade bangle at one wrist, a sheer voile wrap over the shoulders, teardrop pearl earrings, a wide-brimmed straw hat banded with a narrow ribbon, or an opera-length pearl strand looped twice at the collar.
The rooms are quiet ones: a parlour armchair with a gramophone beside it; a bedroom dressing table under an oval mirror; a courtyard chair beside an embroidery frame; a balcony with a watering can; a hallway mirror; a vine arbour with a cup of tea; and an armchair with an opened letter.
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