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"Where women are honored, the divinities are pleased. Where they are despised, it is useless to pray to God." Esmeralda, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)

This corset turned 5 years old already! It was a beautiful experiment I created during lockdown in plague times.

The cording was far from being the most tedious bits of the process. I decided to take myself beyond my confort zone and patterned this in the style of Edwardian corsets -which are, I believe, far more complex due to the amount of gores/gussets and sinous pieces.

Plus, the beautiful outer shell is floating, all the structure is hidden underneath.

Steel boned, suitable for tightlacing and still up for grabs here.

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"Nobody can burn me, 'cause I'm the fire itself." Hürrem Sultan (Magnificent Century series)

I designed the Berta crown years ago and built it in gold with royal blue details, taking medieval European jewelry inspiration.

Recently, a customer approached me asking for it to feature ruby red crystals instead -and it gives a much more Eastern vibe. This person loves the Ottoman empire times, and Hürrem Sultan in particular. After watching the series, I cannot unsee her in this gold with red option.

Now, the Berta crown is a made-to-order piece to choose from ruby red or royal blue on golden frame. Emerald green will eventually be also available in the near future.

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"Is Rome worth one good man's life? We believed it once. Make us believe it again. He was a soldier of Rome. Honor him."

(Lucilla, Gladiator. 2000)

I launched the new *Artemis* capsule collection & I cannot believe the welcome it's received!! I wasn't expecting Ancient Greek & Roman vibes to be this popular.

This small collection is of limited edition pieces and is live on my Etsy shop!

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"Why is it so dark?"

"In the beginning it is always dark."

(The Neverending story, 1984)

When Sara approached me to get her bridal headpiece designed and made, she wanted to be able to wear it after her big day. My solution for her was to transform it into a necklace by un-sewing it from the circlet frame.

Made of top-quality Preciosa crystal components on sterling silver bails and chains, this will be an evergreen piece of her jewelry from now on.

Learn more about requesting bespoke and see what's currently available on my Etsy shop.

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"My glance fell upon a beautiful flower; the universe turned around her." (Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent)

I believe I just opened a Pandora's box by revealing that I made a Hurrem crown for a customer. Now everybody on earth is requesting sultan crowns -lile this Berta with ruby red crystals, for instance.

This design has been listed on my shop in royal blue for a few years now. A customer saw mature Hurrem's iconic headpieces in this design I originally made inspired by medieval European crowns. And it's a vibe!

Coming back in stock at some point during spring.

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Well... After years receiving hundreds of comments on my TikTok not requesting but *demanding* Hürrem's crown (as shown in the Turkish series Muhtesem Yuzyil -Magnificent Century)...

A customer came to me and actually commissioned a recreation 👑

For bespoke requests, please DM via my Etsy shop.

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"People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right." The Crow (1994)

Shade is a product of light. And as such it has grades. This dyed natural quartz and crystal crown is a good example of how darkness can also come up with sparkles!

Learn more about it here.

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"Art exists only to communicate a spiritual message." (Alphonse Mucha)

When you design an elven circlet and it works *all too well* for an Art Nouveau inspired look.

Know more about this stunning piece here.

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"They say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true." Aurora, Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

I made this blue velvet dress in 2023 thinking of elves. It took me quite some time to figure out how to embroider the neckline and sleeve cuffs -but the fact it ended up being first worn for a Sleeping Beauty themed shooting is just ❤️

I also made this medieval inspired crown. Learn more about the Ariadne crown here.

📷 Luis Melero

👸🏻 Marta Pardo

👑👗 M Pardo Couture

📍 Catedral de San Salvador, Oviedo (Spain)

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"You poor simple fools, thinking you could defeat me. Me? The mistress of all evil? Well here's your precious Princess!" Maleficent, The Sleeping Beauty (Disney)

My last collection of fantasy crowns and garments is now launched -I'm so proud of this whole project!

Crowns, corsets, jackets, accessories... everything a villain queen would want! All these pieces are now available in my Etsy shop.

I love creating lore around my launches. You can learn everything about why I just released the spooky Maleficarum collection in my most recent YouTube video.

🧛🏻‍♂️ Jaime G. Miguélez

👸🏻 Marta Pardo

📷 Luis Melero

📍Catedral de San Salvador, Oviedo (Spain)

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Preparing to launch my new 'Maleficarum' collection on Friday 29th March -tomorrow!!

I'm so excited about this new collection of pieces. I've spiraled out of the spring equals green and flowers theme toward a darker, spookier topic.

I'll be preparing a new YouTube video explaining more about it ❤️

In the meantime, you can enjoy this preview of the juicier pieces, and my Instagram posts related to this new launch.

Dropping tomorrow at 19:00 CET on my Etsy shop.

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"Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream." A Midsummer Night's Dream (W. Shakespeare)

And these hand embroidered stays are definitely that. A dream.

When exquisite materials, dedication and love for the craft unite, marvels happen.

Find more information about this stunning piece here.

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No matter what you celebrate: may it be Yule, Sol Invictus, Christmas... Happy holidays!! 🥳

Shot taken for my Dracula's Brides Halloween collection 2023, featuring Verona.

Find the very last available ooak headpiece Azam here.

📷 Luis Melero

🦇 Marta Pardo

👑👗 M Pardo Couture

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Embracing the dark Christmas aesthetic!

Get the look:

👑 Ballet tiara Aubade

⚔️ Armor-like epaulettes Gigi

👗 Stays Eloise

Credits:

Model - Joy Vega

Photography - Alba Gesti

Crown and outfit - M Pardo Couture

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The Starks were right, Winter is coming!

It's so chill and moody now that it is hard to recall these warmer Autumn days.

These 18th century inspired stays remind me *a lot* of Belle (Beauty and the Beast). Perhaps it's the colour?

Anyway, living for these Outlander fairy core vibes.

📷🧚🏻‍♀️ Marta Pardo

👗👑 M Pardo Couture

📍 Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

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"All my life men like you have sneered at me, and all my life I've been knocking men like you into the dust." Brienne of Tarth, A Song of Ice and Fire (GRR Martin)

I've always loved the armored look, especially when combined with rich, sumptuous fabrics such as brocades, satins and velvets, like in this case.

I inspired these Joan shoulder armor and bracers in the European late medieval ones. I'm very much intrigued on how fantasy-looking would they be in gold finish!

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📷 Luis Melero

👸🏻 Marta Pardo

⚔️ M Pardo Couture

📍 Monte Naranco, Oviedo (Spain)

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"October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces." Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (JK Rowling)

When my customers rock my pieces with their modifications...!

This was a customized Anyel elven circlet and it looks like made for a water creature. The sparkly beaded chains draped at the back were their requested customization. And now I want to include that as an option!

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