Personal Project based off the book The Cruel Prince by Holly Black.

My first design based off of a book. The Cruel Prince is one of my favorite novels and this dress is my favorite one that Jude wears.

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In the book it is given the description: "An ombré ball gown, its color deepening from white near my throat, through palest blue to deepest indigo at my feet. Over that is stitched the stark outlines of trees, the way I see them from my window as dusk is falling. The seamstress has even sewn on little crystal beads to

represent stars. " 

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From this I added my own fantasy elements, such as the trees in the skirt being on separate layers so that they look like they are moving. This was also my first time making my own pattern and dying synthetic fabric.

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This costume is so special to me because I also got to meet Holly Black in it while she was on a book tour. While it was a trial and error experiment, but this costume remains being one of my favorites today.