Queen of Hearts

Two garments with a pink and red color scheme. Long dress with circular cut bias ruffles, a fluted bodice, and yarn eye embroidery. Short dress with yarn eye embroidery, gold embellishments, and a horse-hair hem. Both have built-in petticoats made of tulle and sparkle organza.

Dresses with circular cut bias ruffles, fluting, eye embroidery, horse hair, and embellishments

Long dress with bias cut ruffles that have purl merrowed hems. Bodice consists of fluted bias strips and yarn embroidered eyes peaking through.

Look 1 front view: Bias cut ruffles, bias cut fluting, and hand-embroidered yarn eyes

Short dress with yarn embroidered eyes and gold embellishments. There is a petticoat made from tulle and sparkle organza that helps the dress keep its shape.

Look 2 front view: Hand-embroidered yarn eyes with gold embellishments

Back view of both dresses. Short dress has a lace-up back and an invisible zipper, long dress has an invisible zipper.

Back view of dresses: Circular cut bias ruffles, fluting, eye embroidery, horsehair, embellishments

Close-up of eye embroidery and embellishments on short dress

Look 2 close up: Hand-embroidered yarn eyes with gold embellishments

Inspired by my time at FIT, Queen of Hearts is a collection that celebrates the madness and beauty of fashion. Wonderland is a place that is mad and mystical. I used hand-embroidered eyes, bias ruffles, hand-crafted flowers, and even cut-up pill bottles to encapsulate this feeling.