FASHION AT WAR!!!

LIKE I NEED AN EXCUSE TO DRAW SOME ALAIA!!! I AM A BIG FAN OF THE ALAIA 'MERMAID' DRESSES. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH IN MY TIME TO SEE SO MANY OF THEM THAT I'M ALMOST NOT EVEN EXCITED WHEN I RUN ACROSS ONE ANY MORE. I HAVE TO SAY MY FAVORITE VERSION OF THE 'MERMAID' IS THE SEA-FOAM GREEN SILK MOIRE KNIT MINI, THE ONE I'VE DRAWN HERE.

I FIND IT HARD TO THINK OF ALAIA, AND ESPECIALLY THIS DRESS, WITHOUT THINKING OF GRACE JONES. THE IMAGE OF HER IN THE RED LACE-UP 'MERMAID' GOWN IS SO ICONIC. I WANTED TO MAKE THE WEARER OF THIS DRESS A STRONG AFRICAN WARRIOR. I LOOKED INTO SOME TRIBAL SHIELD DESIGNS TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING OFF.