Twice a year, the Church breaks the tone of its penitential seasons by the use of rose-coloured vestments. Rose-coloured vestments were never commonplace and they still are not. Many different colours have been deemed by the Church as acceptable as liturgical rose. Some of these are a salmon shade; some a silvery-pink, almost mushroom-colour; some close to what we would call Bishop's purple or fuchsia; and some red with overtones of gold.
For Gaudete Sunday 2013, we have featured four completely distinct rose vestments made by the Studio; the first, second and third were shewn in the previous posts.
The fourth set of vestments, (see adjacent images) - in a free "Gothic" style - is made from a quite different shade of rose. It has more pink in evidence, but with silvery overtones. The vestments are made from dupion silk. The orphrey of this chasuble is formed from a narrow braids in colours of burgundy, red and ash-grey.
The fourth set of vestments, (see adjacent images) - in a free "Gothic" style - is made from a quite different shade of rose. It has more pink in evidence, but with silvery overtones. The vestments are made from dupion silk. The orphrey of this chasuble is formed from a narrow braids in colours of burgundy, red and ash-grey.
