Sunken Gown

This skin is inspired by the dress above. 🔼

It is a 17th-Century dress that was found in a shipwreck in the Wadden Sea by Dutch divers. The dress may have belonged to an English noblewoman. [​article] It's quite rare for textiles to stay preserved underwater for such a long time. So I guess you could say this is a very seaworthy dress. 😅 These are similar dresses from the same period that I referenced for this skin:



I wanted to represent the dress as it once was when worn by its owner, next to the sunken dress at it was found in a shipwreck 400 years later. This dress was found in cargo, but I liked the idea of having the bones there since the woman who wore it passed centuries ago. To sort-of represent that wealth isn't forever.

It's been a while since I first read the story about this sunken dress, and I've had a go at this concept before but then it didn't work out. Now with the Seven Seas contest theme, I had a good reason to have another try. 😁 Really did spend too much time on this but figuring out these colors has been fun. Now fingers crossed for a good contest score. 🤞