I am Irish on my mother’s side and so we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day though I have never drunk green beer.  Of course, the Irish ancestry is far and distant and long away because   Mom’s ancestry was that wonderful American melting pot of everything from Iceland to Iraq and Russia to Romania, England to Egypt and all points in between.  However, among her Irish ancestors is that great hero Brian Boru who probably did not unite Ireland, but gets credit for it anyway.  However, it was not the scant trace of Irishness in me that led me to choose the Emerald version of the new Lelutka Maria dress, but just my love of green as a color – rich and deep and vibrant green.

and of course, the stunning constrution that includes this marvelously well-done sculpty two strap bodice. With the straps sculpted like this, there’s no fading, disappearing and melting strap to mar the look. My only wish was that the attachment point for the bodice had been the spine, not the chest as the chest is the most common attachment for necklaces and so I had to resit the bodice on the spine.

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