Andúril Fan

designer and seamstress: Rachel Murphy

Andúril Fan is a one-off, original Irish dance solo dress by Silverlode Needlecraft. It is the second dress in the "Fan" series.

Andúril Fan was originally inspired by Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Aragorn's sword Andúril, meaning "Flame of the West", but beyond the sword-and-flame image, the design evolved into a fan design reminiscent of the Dragon Fan dress from the summer of 2007, and took on more colors than originally intended.  With a flaming cranberry-orange metallic silk base--with a gold shine--to the cranberry sleeves with gold net, the whole is comprised of various sunset colors.  The appliqué consists of lamés, brocades, and other fabrics in metallic shades of golds, silver, reds, coppers, among others.  The embroidery--including the Elvish script--is freehand machine work in metallic and rayon threads of the same colors, with the addition of black.  The lycra of the bloomers and skirt lining is a shining red-gold flame design.  The dress is accented with over 500+ Swarovski crystals in shades of:  Sun, Hyacinth, Light Siam (Red), Fire Opal (Red-Yellow), and Citrine. 

The Elvish script around the skirt is as follows: 

Nányë Andúril, i macil Elendilo
"I am Andúril, sword of Elendil"

The dress was completed in January 2008.

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