I wasn't going to do anything as trite as naming a gown after The Sea and then splashing it with blue- An Augustine Sea seems more like a summer calm rather than a winter's force. Perhaps a gown for the daughter of Branwyn – Celtic Goddess of love, to marry Poseidon.

It’s undoubtedly sleek, and a Greek Goddess could easily wear it, especially for those times to do things her mother warned her against doing - such as climbing down cliffs to check for peregrine nests or waving to passing ships. A Goddess needs movement, and Qiana stretch knit gives, but it’s as elegant as jersey.

Jade, pale golden green olivine and pearly aqua jasmine combine with creamy mocha sequins, a bit of metallic sandalwood, pale amber and coconut and metallic gold cording for accent.

Aqua sea foam becomes soft and faded, barely showing up long enough to draw a breath before vanishing entirely from the jersey snow white of Qiana fabric. But the quiet hue is capped in beauty with custom dyed Venetian cotton in golden green aqua hues–all sprinkled with real golden pearls that suggest a primordial saltiness.

 It’s a one of a kind unusual gown, not another like it in the world, yet the vision it evokes is timeless.