Draw near, the Tenth Muse is arriving to introduce my final collection for Lifetime’s Project Runway ninth season finale.
She’s Summer, the Muse of Fashion, and she’s here to welcome us to the court of the Fairy Queen.
As the minutes tick toward dusk and the magic of the forest night, she sees the Three Pixies approaching.
A few minutes later, the Two Sprites hurry toward the gathering place.
They await the arrival of the queen of their fairy ring.
Once they’ve all assembled, they begin to reveal the shimmering dresses designed for each of them especially for this night. All dress fabric except Laura Lee’s Dupioni silk and Summer’s synthetic blend is printed metallic georgette silk. The capes are velour and crushed velvet. Enjoy this magical night of fashion with Fairy Queen Marcella and her royal court.
The Pixie Thomasina:
The Pixie Laura Lee:
The Pixie Noelle:
The Sprite Dallas:
The Sprite Cari:
The Muse Summer:
The Fairy Queen Marcella:
Romancing the Stone:
Dancing in the Trees:
My final collection is inspired by pixie dust, Halloween, and a belief that magic is wherever we look for it. Thanks for sharing this season of Runway Monday with me. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.
Fabric for Summer’s dress is a gift from Lynne. All shoes are Mattel. Cari’s and Dallas’s necklaces designed by me. Crystals in Cari’s necklace a gift from Kathy S. Marcella’s crown modified by me from a Mattel crown. Photos were shot at Houston’s Glenwood Cemetery, most of them at the grave of my friend Tim R, who was an early champion of my creative energy, relished listening to tales of witches and vampires on tape by candlelight in his wonderful cottage, and would be delighted at providing me a quiet place to have some fun with dolls and fashion.
Previously this season:
9:13 Finale, Part 1
9:12 The Final Challenge
9:11 This Is For the Birds
9:10 Sew 70s
9:9 Image Is Everything
9:8 What Women Want
9:7 Can’t We All Just Get Along?
9:6 The Art of the Matter
9:5 Off to the Track
9:4 All About Nina
9:3 Go Big Or Go Home
9:2 My Pet Project
9:1 Come As You Are
I couldn’t pick which dress I liked the most, because truly I liked them all, although I think Cari is the most perfectly styled. As for the capes, I will give you a pass on that because Pixies sprites and other fairy folk do have superhuman qualities and that goes with my superhero rule… also you didn’t cross into human sacrificing druid death cult capes as some people might have … I’m thinking Josh … you showed restraint! Good season!
Thanks very much! It remains to be seen if this is my last season. So I appreciate anyone who’s stuck with the Runway Monday posts this long.
what? No all stars? WHAT?!
That show’s not happening until 2012. We’ll see if my energy to do this returns by then. Right now, I’m burned out on a weekly sewing challenge.
I liked the pixie and the spider web one, even though I get re-occurring bad dreams involving spiders
Thanks!
I’m glad I don’t have spider dreams. Yet, anyway. =)
Great post! The spiderweb dress is my absolute favourite. 🙂
Thank you very much! I like that one, too–especially for Halloween. =)
The spiderweb dress grabbed me the minute I saw it! *****
Thank you! The sad part is, I sewed her into it (much like a crazy PR designer), so I have to cut her out of it. I hope I can save the dress.
BRAVO!
Stunning work, Becky. You’ve outdone yourself this time. The photos are GORGEOUS.
Thank you, David! I love shooting the dolls outside, and it was my only hope of getting even half the glitter on that material to shine. A flash washed it all out.