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Halloween Masquerade Costume Series #4: The Cursed Sisters, Part 3

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The song was slow, and Linnetta found it positively mournful. Her partner seemed to be concentrating on the music as well, dancing ever more lightly to make up for her slow pace and dulled movements.

“Do you really believe that your family is cursed, Linnetta?” he asked suddenly.

“What, did you place a bet on my death too?” she replied, her fingers tightening on his shoulder. “How will I die? A sudden relapse perhaps, or does an assassin lurk nearby? Or will I slip and crack my head during the next song?”

“I’m rather of the opinion that you will live for quite a long time.”

“It’s good to know that someone thinks so,” she said.

Off to the side, Linnetta could see a woman in a sickly green gown whispering to the another woman, the previous arrival in spangled black. Those two together made her uneasy. Undoubtedly they were watching her, but then again so was everyone else. She would have felt elated at all the attention, if not for those women.

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I’m sorry about the delay for today, this dress just was impossible! Hopefully tomorrow’s should go easier. Amelia guessed the contest answer, which I’m embarrassed to say was the Spice Girls, yes, no kidding, I know nothing about them except a couple bars of that one song and that flag dress, but apparently one of them had a gold dress I tried to draw at some point back in high school. And, what’s going on, fairies are losing? I thought for sure they had it this week. Well, vote, vote…

poll by twiigs.com

Tags: ball gown, black, dark green, dress, ferns, flowers, fuschia, green, halloween, halloween costumes, light green, magenta, masquerade ball, masquerade gown, purple, silver, white

fantasy, gowns, holidays, new doll, paperdolls | Liana October 18, 2009

15 Comments

By Sami, October 18, 2009 @ 9:04 pm

Me and my sister have been taking turns to see if you’ve posted anything. You’ve got us addicted XD
Love this dress, very very much. Worth the wait
I can’t believe fairies are losing in the poll. Literary characters are all well and good, but I want fairies! XD
By Sue, October 18, 2009 @ 9:28 pm

I love love love this dress! It’s incredible how far you have come as an artist!
By Liana, October 18, 2009 @ 9:30 pm

I’m glad you say such things, because I despised despised despised this dress by the time I was done Now it’s growing on me, but…
By Monica, October 18, 2009 @ 10:07 pm

I would love some fairy clothes…..

And this story is quite interesting!! Have you ever considered being a auther and a fashion desginer, Liana? ; )
By electricknite, October 18, 2009 @ 10:08 pm

wow liana, im surprised that u dont like it, i think its beautiful.that green is my favorite color.:D
By Liana, October 18, 2009 @ 10:09 pm

It’s not that I dislike it, it’s just that I sketched out fifty dresses trying to find one I liked, then I started drawing it about three times before I finished one, and then I made it so fussy it took forever
By Danielle, October 19, 2009 @ 7:45 am

I want to put in 50 votes for Final Fantasy outfits…

This dress was definitely worth the effort Liana!
By Celestina, October 19, 2009 @ 8:15 am

Woah! That is a gorgeous dress. I think its my favorite masquerade one so far. (I have high hopes!)
By Celestina, October 19, 2009 @ 8:20 am

Well, then again, how could I choose?
By Catie, October 19, 2009 @ 11:58 am

c’mon fairys!!!
By Monica, October 19, 2009 @ 2:48 pm

Fairys!!!
By Krysti, October 19, 2009 @ 4:25 pm

I love the design of this dress. The detail of the embroidery is beautiful. The darker green reminds me of butterfly wings for some reason.
I have to say that I was sure I was going to vote for fairies this time around too, but then when I saw Final Fantasy costumes I was completely turned around.
By Taylor, October 20, 2009 @ 12:33 pm

I finally figured out what I like about this dress. It’s the colors. Not many people would think of putting green and pink and black together, but you did and you pulled it off wonderfully. The style, I like too, although something about the cut of the bodice bothers me (the embroidery is stunning, by the way) but I still love it. This is probably my favorite masquerade gown so far. Love it!
By Min, October 20, 2009 @ 4:39 pm

I adore this one. The combination of colors is just spectacular.
By Liana, October 21, 2009 @ 3:45 pm

Thanks everyone

Taylor, actually the black was a complete afterthought… those areas were going to be white lace like the underskirt, and at some point I took a look at what I had and thought “Those parts need to be BLACK” and luckily didn’t regret it And probably the thing about the cut of the bodice that bothers you is its complete impossibility… That’s why I draw paperdolls instead of sewing with real fabric. Real fabric has limitations…