Sometimes haute couture breaks my heart because it can be so beautiful, transforming garments not only into works of art but a garment worthy of any epic and fairy tale. Here is a gorgeous piece of extraordinary embroidery: "Valentino spring 2014 couture collection- “Le Jardin d’Eden”, a zirconium-colored tulle dress, embroidered in silk threads, with a scene of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden inspired by the painting "Adam and Eve" by Lucas Cranach in 1526, taking 2,200 hours to hand embroider." Oh my stars and callused fingertips, pricked with stabs of a thousand needles. Such an amazing dress indeed.
Yes..those are pheasant feathers stitched into the bark of the tree.
And here's the source image: "Adam and Eve in the Garden " by Lucas Cranach in 1526.
Midori Snyder is the author of nine books for children and adults, published in English, French, Dutch, and Italian. She won the Mythopoeic Award for The Innamorati, a novel inspired by early Roman myth and the Italian "Commedia dell'Arte" tradition....
