# Fashion Photography × Fashion Plate — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=fashion-photography+fashion-plate
# Fashion Photography carries the structure. Fashion Plate appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Fashion Photography (Style, 1911–) and its accent from Fashion Plate (Technique, 1770s–1930s). Structural cues: The seamless abstract space; Designed artificial light; Invented poses; Cropping made for the page. Accent cues, used sparingly: Hand-colored linework; Idealized poses; Descriptive costume drawing; Periodical format. Composition: Kill the location with seamless paper and show silhouette and pose. Type and lettering: Reserve the space where page type will sit while shooting. Let one material quality come from the second style: Fine engraved outline with hand color, ground left as paper. Mood: Luxury, Exhilaration, Play, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #eae6de, #6b655c, #1a1815. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Roughly 141 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Fashion Photography: Pose and lighting are borrowed while the construction of the garment stays invisible, leaving a picture of styling that sells nothing.
# - Fashion Plate: Leaning on a beautiful pose hides how the sleeve is set and the hem finished, and the plate stops working as a record.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/fashion-photography/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/fashion-plate/design.md