Shepherds Bush was our first destination, and after setting off from Bournemouth at 7am, Oliver, myself and our costume supervisors Grace and Sarah made a thorough search of every fabric shop we could find. Grace and I were in search of the fabric for the wedding dresses for Helena and Hippolyta and for and fairy fabrics that we could find. We had some joy in terms of the fairy fabrics in the form of a beautiful multi-toned red and orange light weight fabric, red and burgundy with patches of yellow and orange and a beautiful drape to it with a wide faint pattern. I had seen this fabric before when searching for fabric inspiration in london last term, and was very happy to not only find that this fabric was still available but is also still appropriate for the fairies.
We also found options for both of the wedding dresses. While the colour is perfect for the lilac wedding dress the fabric is an inexpensive poly-chiffon with a nice drape but not a nice feel to it. The colour for the peach fabric is a little off but the drape and texture is lovely. These are viable options but we would definitely preffer to find much better fabrics for each. For the wedding dresses we are leaning more towards chiffon and crepes.
Berwick Street was our second destination, and once again we trawled the fabric shops. Though Berwick Street was by more expensive it yealded some impressive finds including some options for the fairies, but unfortunately nothing for the wedding dresses.
After almost six hours of searching every fabric shop we could find in the most well known and well stocked fabric houses in London, one thing has been made clear - sourcing pastel purple fabric in a non-grey shade is a Herculean challenge.
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