Background used in collage is a Fabergé egg printed fabricVarun Bahl fashioned memorable moments from the Romanov era of decadent monarchy and unmatched sophistication for Delhi Couture Week 2010. He called it ‘Anastasia Found’, after the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia whose disappearance, I'm sure, rings a bell. ;)
Velvets in moss greens and dark purples empowered the antique, regal silhouettes. Embroidery, zardozi, sequins, Swarowski crystals were dulled to perfection and incorporated in way of the Fabergé egg motif (look closely,see it?) through out the corsets and lehengas. Crowns were thrown in, delicately, to finish off the Czarina meets Maharani visage.
The most engaging detail for me is the Fabergé egg motif which sent me, literally, on an easter egg hunt all over the internet so I can show you too. For a while now, I've been very taken by these remarkable pieces of art. When jeweler Carl Fabergé was commissioned by Alexander III for the first Imperial Easter Egg as a gift for his wife, the lovely tradition of giving exquisitely beautiful and original Fabergé jeweled masterpieces for Easter and other special days and events in the life of the Imperial family began. The eggs were usually created as a remembrance of significant Russian achievements, and the Emperor gave them as gifts to close family members. The exceptionally rare combination of state grandeur, historic and personal drama and sincere human feelings, which is embedded in these exquisite works, ranks the Fabergé eggs as some of the most prized international artistic masterpieces that Russia repossessed a few years ago. Shown below is the famous 'Coronation Egg" :)
