"As to color in dress, there are three things to be considered by the individual: the effect of color on yourself, on those around you, and on your background. Health, spirits and efficiency are affected by the colors you wear. Drab, hopeless, tasteless shades turn the whole course of your life one way just as inevitably as gay, stimulating, pleasure-giving colors will turn it another."
-The New Butterick Dressmaker (Butterick Publishing Company, 1927)
Well, that's really a rather dramatic way of putting it, dontcha think?
Color and its influence on my mood is undeniable. The inspiration for the project shown below was immediate, but it took almost a year for it to manifest itself into a garment...
Now, to you, it may simply be a shirt. But to me.... well, if you've been reading my other posts, you know already...
Conicidentally - Yes, I only read the paper after writing today's post...
Today's Wall Street Journal article on Claude Monet starts with a lovely quote from William Butler Yeats. It refers to the illusion that art, if it achieves its goal, looks as if it were easy for the artist.
"A line may take us hours, maybe
But if it does not seem a moment's thought
Our stitching and unstitching has been naught"
I love tunic tops myself though I've never made one! It's a great color for you.
ReplyDeleteNice video! and very inspired tunic!
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