Simone Mareuil is remembered for one scene, but that one scene is among the most studied images in cinema history — presence that transcends context. This gown is built on the same premise: a single gesture of such precision that nothing else is needed.
A high-neck cap-sleeve A-line ballgown in blush-champagne, the entire surface — from the jewel neck to the hem — covered in pearl and bead embroidery in a botanical leaf pattern. The leaf motifs are worked in relief: raised off the surface of the gown's sheer mesh base, each vein individually defined in micro-beading, the accumulation creating a dense embroidered textile that moves as a single piece. The cap sleeves are narrow and structured, the neckline high and precise. The A-line skirt expands from the natural waist into a full tulle underskirt before narrowing again at the hem into a chapel train. The blush-champagne base reads warm against the ivory beadwork — a gown that photographs in gold light.
From behind, the high neck continues across the back in the full botanical embroidery — no break in the pattern, no relief from the precision.
Hand-embroidered in Innocentia's European atelier. Pearl and micro-bead botanical embroidery, high jewel neck, blush-champagne tulle.
Simone Mareuil (INL2618). Innocentia Divina — Temple de l'âme collection.
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