Works by Sesus Ditara
The garments and ensembles prosduced by Dynastic tailor and fashion designer Sesus Ditara, mistress at the Seamstress of Sensual Silks, whose reputation for artistry in textiles is said to be second only to the mysterious Onherra of Ragged Lace.
RY768
The Savagery Collection
The Varajtul
An outfit constructed entirely of leather belts, linked and decorated with intricately carved ivory studs.
ON DISPLAY
The Delzahn
A garment of flowing red Silk matched to breeches of blue and riding boots, head wrapped in a near-transparent veil embroidered with catechisms of Sextes Jylis.
ON DISPLAY
The Arczeckhi
A garment consisting of robes of loose grey Silk, finished with greaves and bracers of polished bronze. A hood of the same silk, sewn with silver to resemble a stylized wolf’s head, completes the outfit.
ON DISPLAY
The Azerbani
A breastplate plated in polished Silver, shaped to mimic male musculature and over top depicting an intricately detailed scene of axemen being smashed aside by a great Elk and a Sealion. Beneath, a sleeveless tunic and skirt of gold-burgundy brocade.
SOLD: ?
The Icewalker
A cloak of mammoth fur backed with cashmere. High fur-lined sealskin boots. A form-fitting bodice of leather crossed by curved ribs of polished ivory, over a skirt of light blue Silk divided to allow free movement.
SOLD: Cathak Vessala
RY767
The Elemental Collection
The Fire
An outfit of blazing red Silk, sleeveless and with skirts playing out in form reminiscent of flames that flicker with movements, intertwining layers of red and pink and yellow and orange.
SOLD: Cathak Vessala
The Wood
An outfit of pale green and teal Silks, clinched with leather bands at wrists, throat, and waist, hanging to bare arms, chest, and back. The Silk is embroidered with complex imagery of leaves and vines.
SOLD: Cynis Theren
The Earth
An outfit of golden cloth topped with thin panels of polished ivory-white Marble, each one carved with the image of the Imperial Mountain, producing an effect similar to lamellar, though of not-insignificant weight.
ON DISPLAY
The Water
An outfit of glistening black satin, high-collared but sleeveless, divided at the sides for ease of movement, its back longer than its front to produce a train behind it. At the waist, two Silk belts are layered, each shaped in the form of waves: a thinner blue-green over a wider dark blue. A silver wire, from which dangle small beads of Onyx stone, weighs the thinner belt to circle the waist in response to movement.
SOLD: Sesus Kimiasha
The Air
An outfit dominated by a thin cloak of ice-blue velvet, lined with Sealskin and soft white fur around the hood. Beneath, a long-sleeved dress of glistening grey-white satin, low cut to invite display of necklace or amulet.
ON DISPLAY
RY766
The Brushstroke Collection
The Calibration Feast
A long-sleeved robe of ivory Silk, printed with a detailed scene of Dragonblooded engaged in festive debauchery.
The print is the work of Cynis Shungado.
SOLD: ?
The Amaranthine Ascent
A long-sleeved robe, painted in a hyper-realistic style. The robe depicts the Spine of the Amaranthine Dragon as it makes its ascent up the Imperial Mountain: pilgrims and plants, clouds and rocks, are painted as though one were staring right at them. The effect is somewhat disconcerting.
The painting is the work of V'neef Hamdi.
ON DISPLAY
The Garden Pavilion
A long-sleeved robe of light blue cloth, painted with a detailed scene of Dynasts gathered to play floating cups in an open garden pavilion. The figures are well-painted, but the poses generic and the faces left with little detail. The clothing of the courtiers includes a number of pieces produced by Sesus Ditara between RY760 and RY765.
The painting is the work of Kuujo Gukaizhi.
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The Rising Flowers
A long-sleeved robe of soft teal Silk, printed with the green silhouettes of grasses. Over top have been painted long stems and leaves, topped with white and purple orchids.
The painting is the work of Cynis Shen.
SOLD: ?
The True Wind
A robe formed from ribbons of soft white and grey Silk, which hang in layers to form its skirts and long sleeves. Each ribbon bears golden Immaculate calligraphy, displaying one of the nine hundred and ninety-one lessons from the True Wind Sutra.
The calligraphy is the work of the Immaculate monk White Mist.
SOLD: ?
RY765
The Emergent Collection
The Martial Sage
An outfit consisting of a white robe of gleaming Silk, in two layers: the outer layer is pure white, the inner a pale green. The outer layer has been cut out to depict what appear to be scholars and generals around a map of Creation which occupies the base of the robe.
The robe is bound by a wide violet sword belt, and a simple haori overcoat of lavender Silk, with stiffened shoulders akin to those of a jimbaori.
SOLD: ?
The Prophet in Blue
A cloak of midnight blue Silk, edged in gold with golden rays. Beneath, an open robe of sapphire Silk, then a closed robe of midnight blue, bound with a golden belt. Bracelets of gold are linked to the belt by silver chains.
ON DISPLAY
The Banner of Yellow
A robe in the style of the Deliberative, but of yellow cloth, with crimson sash weighed with small bronze ornaments at either end, each mounting an emerald. It is topped by a yellow turban, pinned with a gold pin mounting a larger emerald.
SOLD: V’neef Lijet
The Dawning Regency
A loose robe of white Silk, edged in blue, over which sits a heavy armoured mantle of Lead plates lacquered in scarlet, linked with gold chain. A coronet carved of five intertwining bands of Jade completes the outfit, ending in Orichalc wire at the forehead shaping the pentagram of the Realm.
SOLD: Princess Mnemon, for Imperial Regent Tepet Fokuf.
The Frozen Mask
A flowing outer robe of black satin, with bracers and buttons of carved white Ivory, over an inner robe of purple-red silk. The head is covered by a veil of violet silk, with a featureless oval mask of white ivory over the face and another covering the back of the head.
SOLD: Ragara Jintao
RY764
The Orchard Collection
The Bath of Grapes
A glistening wine-colored sheathe gown of satin, low-cut and joined by a lace scarf which wraps about the throat and falls across the back and arms, bound at the end to golden bracelets depicting grape leaves.
SOLD: Tepet Sorae
The Pools of Purity
A loose gown consisting of thousands of silk threads woven through opaque glass beads, which shimmer with the wearer’s movements. The arms are left bare, though wrists and waist bear matching bands of gold, depicting sheaves of rice.
SOLD: ?
The Tree of Mercy
A light robe of pale blue silk, the colour of a sapphire sky, up which climb the dark branches of an apricot tree, from which in turn burst blossoms of white and yellow. The robe hangs open at the chest, closing at a broad obi belt of pale green silk, printed with a pattern of halved apricots. From the obi, silk ‘purses’ hang over either hip, though their flaps do not open. Open-toed boots of soft brown leather complete the ensemble.
ON DISPLAY
The Plum on the Waves
A glistening robe of plum-coloured satin, low-cut and sleeveless. A necklace hangs where the dress lies open, looping in a dozen rings of silver chain, matched by bracelets of similar design looping tight from wrist to elbow. High-heeled boots of leather, bleached from black at the toe to white at the top, complete the ensemble.
ON DISPLAY
The Vines of Passion
A slight dress of yellow silk over the bodice, closed at the back and held to neck and shoulders by ribbons of purple silk. Ribbons also lace down the legs, to yellow silken slippers. The ribbons are carefully wrapped, and kept in shape by a single clasp at the neck, an ornately-wrought passion flower of gold set with Garnet and Fire Agate.
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