Over Christmas we watched A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Lemony Snicket movie. We’d seen it before, but it’s a film that I’m always happy to watch over and over again, so that I can get a really good look at Violet’s costumes.
There are so many things about the dress that I love. The layers of translucent burn-out fabrics, the stripes, the lacing, the little puffy sleeves, the asymmetric hem with its slightly scruffy-looking ruffle… everything about it is just gorgeous. Pretty without being little-girly, grown-up without being sexy. Perfect.
(If nothing else, I need to make myself a Violet costume simply so that I have an excuse to buy those gorgeous boots I spotted the other week!)
i wonder, what is the name of the dress she wore? she was soooo gorgeous in that outfit.
I don’t know, but it was designed by Colleen Atwood, who’s one of my favourite costume designers. 🙂
I was Violet’s stand-in for two weeks on that film and got to wear almost an exact replica of that dress everyday. The only thing that was different about the stand-in’s dress was that the skirt wasn’t quite as elaborate, but it was still really beautiful and I loved wearing it! All of the costumes were custom designed for the film by Colleen Atwood who I got to meet at a couple of the fittings.
waaaa i love victorian boots!!!! are the greatest thing i have ever seen!!!!