This gown was a labor of love and forced the expansion of my tailoring knowledge, also the importance of hoola hoops in gown structure. Stoned to appear as soot on the outer skirt and corset top with the inner skirt emulating sparkling coal in an Appalacian mine with a geometric pattern of stonework. Featuring 10s of thousands of jet stones size ss16, ss20, ss30 in addition to montana and siam rhinestones.