And the Latest Collection is...

Fairies! 

Yep, after positively basking in the glory of the ballet season here in London, I’ve been inspired by the wide range of fairy mythology. In our ideology, sometimes they’re these tiny little beings of light, there to guide or assist us. Other times we humans really wouldn’t wanna get on their bad side. I mean, just look at Malificent from Disney! (Yes, few know this, but yes, she is in fact a fairy.) 

Bad and good. Ha-kinda sounds like us humans, don’t cha think?

Still, I’m really intrigued by their individuality and their symbolism. So I sat down and made a list of the most prominent fairy figures today, from movies, literature and general fantasy. It came down to these lovely ladies:

The Fairy God Mother 

The Blue Fairy from Pinocchio

The Lilac Fairy from Sleeping Beauty 

Tinkerbell

The Sugar Plum Fairy

The Tooth Fairy

and Titania from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Each of these fairies is viewed today with mystery and the allure of fantasy, yet they  all have such different characteristics!

I’ve been perfectly my pattern making skills finally by making sample pieces first from stretch fabrics. It’s been a great way to test the waters, seeing what could be longer there, of what would look here etc. From this process this gorgeous ball gown pattern has come into existence. My plan is to use this pattern as a template for fairy, the wide fanned out skirt itself acting as a canvas onto which their individual characteristics will be represented, twisted through my own interpretation.