First take a blue texture for the background and put it in Photoshop’s Normal mode. Next take a vintage theatre curtain from EKDuncan and adjust the colour balance until you achieve exactly the kind of green you love. Make sure the curtain is in Linear Burn mode. Top it off with Girl in a Large Hat by Caesar Boëtius van Everdingen (c. 1645 – c. 1650) from the Rijksmuseum. Put the latter in Multiply mode and you’ll find you’ve turned a 17th century girl into a lady from the 1940s modelling Christian Dior’s famous New Look. Who’d have thunk! Don’t you just love the hat? Incidentally, the French for New Look is ‘Le New Look’!
‘Despite a short career, Christian Dior dominated the world of fashion during the late 1940s and 1950s, with the hourglass silhouette of his voluptuous New Look.’ The Design Museum. ‘The New Look brought me heavy mail. Letters arrived by the thousands––mostly enthusiastic but some indignant. A garage owner from Los Angeles wrote and told me that he had sworn to “tear me apart” on his next visit to Paris. According to him, it was my fault that his wife looked like a stuffed doll of the time of the Civil War.’ — Christian Dior Enjoy Your Style.
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I love this hat and hats in general….Also love Christian Dior although I tend to dress in a rather more casual style:) Have a beautiful day, my friend…janet. xxx
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I’m much more casual too but give me a hat and I’ll dress to match! xx
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So beautiful. I saw it in the Redbubble newsletter. I also like hats but they don’t seem to like me. 🙂
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Thank you, Olga. I bet the right hat would suit you!
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This is great, Sarah – the angle of her face, the hat, and the flowing drapes. Oh yes and the gorgeous blue-green shades.
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Bless you, Tish.
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I lament the passing of ‘ladies in hats.’ I always thought that bigger was better where hats are concerned, and this fits the bill. Despite the age of the original, the treatment transforms it very well, and the muted colours appear to suit all the applications. Very nice.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Thanks so much, Pete. Definitely the bigger the better!
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Beautiful artwork and fun and informative post. 🙂
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Much thanks, Gigi.
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This is beautiful Sarah, and I like your explanation how you achieved it too.
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Thanks so much, Marge!
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So very pretty Sarah!
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You’re a doll. Thank you!
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You are most welcome, love this one!
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I’ll let you into a secret: it’s my current absolute favourite from the last few months!
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Mine too! wow great minds!!
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Wow! Really creative! Also that museum site is really interesting too!
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I’m thrilled you like it, Syd. Yes, it’s well worth visiting. They have a side to it – Rijkstudio – where you can download high resolution images and incorporate them into your work. Free!
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