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Sketchbooks - War and Peace

Inspirations, designs and catwalk images

English Eccentrics War and Peace Collection took its inspiration from the poignancy of a family on the verge of destruction: a dynasty unable to sense the massive upheavals in its country. The Collection is a celebration of the decadence and magnificence of the Romanov period: a Russia captured on the pages of Tolstoy’s War and Peace.

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 01
Opening page of the sketchbook

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 02
Last of the Czars

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 03
Imperial Russian two-headed eagle

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 04
Extravagant artifacts

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 05
Fabege enamels

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 06
Evening dress embroidery idea

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 07
Lions head and stars sketch

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 08
Lapis urn and gold onion domes

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Gold glitter print top

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 09
Snow on gold domes

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Gold sequin top and skirt

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 10
Russian Court clothing

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 11
Cyrillic research

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 19
Moire detail

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 18
Stars dress idea

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Stars dress

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Single star dress

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War and Peace design notes

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 13
Tulle dress

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Chevron dress

sketchbook 1997 - 1999 14
St Petersberg Court dress

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Empire line white dress

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