2 / 5Long pale dress with a high front leg opening, sheer-looking gold-patterned sleeve and chest area on the image left, and a more opaque long sleeve opposite.
A sheer-looking gold-patterned sleeve area sits opposite a more opaque long sleeve. A high front leg opening completes the pale shape.
A closer look · Photo 2

Pale asymmetry with a gold-looking sleeve area

The long pale shape combines a diagonal upper edge with two differently appearing sleeve sides. Gold-looking motifs cover a sheer-looking sleeve and chest area on the image’s left. Opposite is a more opaque long sleeve; that arm is not classified as uncovered. A high front leg opening sits on the left. One hand braces against stone while the other stays down. One pale open ankle shoe is only partly visible at the lower edge.

Separate the asymmetric coverage of the arms from the uncovered leg area. Both features can be chosen independently rather than adopted as a fixed combination. The gold-looking drawing establishes no particular metal or technique. The stone in the background likewise explains neither origin nor an occasion actually experienced. Lighting through the sleeve is not a fibre specification.

Request a further view of your own candidate with both hands free beside the body. Look at the entire sleeve line and corresponding back there. Add your shoes and complete lower hem for length. The current braced stance provides a visible pose, not information about the actual dress’s behaviour when walking.

At a glance

A sheer-looking gold-patterned sleeve area sits opposite a more opaque long sleeve. A high front leg opening completes the pale shape.

Frequently asked questions

Is the arm opposite the gold-looking motifs uncovered?

The opposite side has a more opaque long sleeve. Pale asymmetry is therefore described as differently covered sleeve sides rather than an uncovered opposite arm.

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