Regardez-moi

"See me now; fresh and bright, happy to be here, as gay as this rose in full bloom I wear""

This elegant rose is in full bloom for an outing. Its 100 silk satin petals are coloured one by one in a subtle gradation from dark at the centre to light at the edges. The heart is made of old-fashioned stamens. The rose is mounted as a brooch on a back-stay of serrated leather.