Silk with sequins...

I am SO not a silk with sequins kind of gal...but this gorgeous Dries VanNoten-like fabric that I found in Paris (at the same place as the cotton twill in my previous post) was too good to pass up. A complimentary combination of rust with black - there is a stream of black sequins embroidered along each selvage edge. The result: our trapeze top that is banded by black silk chiffon coming around from the back and tied in front. We could only make two and one is now on its way to Utah with a new client. Merci to Roseanne, our lovely customer, who agreed to a spur-of-the-moment Blackmail Couture modeling gig: