[Desc] Aunt Lottie's fabulous hat and dress

Eyes of a smudgy brown rimmed with dark eyeliner and webbed with fine crowsfeet; short black hair cropped close in to her skull; skin a deep and luxurious coffee-brown lined and worn by middle age: Saienne is a woman of earth and autumn tones and she is dressed accordingly.

She wears a long dark dress, the skirt falling full to the ground from a high cinched waistline, flaring out very slightly from the knee to end in a swirl of understated silken flounces. The gown is made from a very fine moire taffeta, yarn-dyed so that it is stiff enough to hold its shape well. The skirt has been appliqued with small leaves cut from a lighter ruby cloth, and swirls and whorls of gold thread have been embroidered as vines to connect them all. The underlying dress is a colour somewhere between garnet and burgundy, and it changes along with the light. The upper part of the gown is empire waisted, gathering in a claret coloured front bodice, organza beaded in a delicate pattern of glinting red gems, to a high collar and a button back
closure. The sleeves on the bodice are very slightly poufed and extend to just below the elbow.

Atop her head, balanced at a slightly rakish tilt, is a wide-brimmed hat. It is quite a departure from her more typical headgear, although it does sport a trio of crimson feathers. These feathers, however, are elegant and luxurious and lilt gracefully as she takes each step. They are fastened to the hat with a corsage of velvet and brocade flowers sparkling with delicate damask beads.

Saienne, standing tall, is around five foot six in height - but her heeled boots lend her a couple of extra inches at present. She is compactly built without being stocky, and her hands are slender and thin, a dark chocolate brown and calloused - with a band of plain silver on a finger of her right hand. She is a self-assured woman of perhaps thirty-eight or forty years of age, solid and habitually with a expression of serious determination. She carries a small cherry red clutch purse and an unfussy russet parasol.