Masquerade

For Round 3 of MDH

Baseless

Edit: Right. Have decided I will talk about this afterall XD

So Round 3 Theme was masquerade.

Went digging through victorian fashion plates for evening gown inspiration. Decided to doll a modified version of this pink dress . The pink dress was from a slightly later period than I wanted, more late Victorian, so I had to tweak the silhouette a bit :S ... The tiered ruffles, short sleeves and wide V neckline are consistent with evening gowns of the time. (yay wiki! XD)

Stuck with the brown green colour scheme.

Ruffles nearly killed me. Nightmare to doll - I imagine it must have been a nightmare to sew at the time too.. poor victorian seamstresses...

Background colours are muted cos her dress is so vibrant I didn't want anything to compete with that... And because I wanted to evoke the soft background feeling found in fashion plates... not sure if that came through though :S mostly it just looks a bit bland XD... Still I like the vase of flowers

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your kind comments and favs!!!