Sophia was taken aback when she heard what Stella had said. ‘Oh, she's really pushing it,’ she thought.

“I understand that you're not into these brands, Stella. After all, you used to wear high-end clothing from Elie Saab, but things are different now. I'm sorry that I could only afford dresses from Wendy Carlson. Even though it's not as extravagant as your previous attires, I still think it's better than what you're wearing right now," said Sophia with a smile, implicating that Stella was out of line.

Stella glanced at her and pushed her hair behind her shoulders, showing the designer dress she was wearing that accentuated her curves. A silver embroidered phoenix on the side of her dress gleamed under the light. Due to Stella's figure, the bird looked like it was about to take off.

“Why does that embroidery pattern on that dress look so familiar?”

"Is that actually embroidery? I thought it was printed on there."

“Right? I feel like I've seen that design somewhere.”

probably because it's mass-produced," said someone

"Isn't that the phoenix of Lea Sartorre, the famous embroidery designer? It

The crowd froze.

queen of embroidery, and her work was amazing. Over the years, she restored a lot of stitching techniques that were lost in time. Some of them had even been included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage list designed to protect traditions

nation with her skills. At this year's National Embroidery Exhibition, she embroidered a phoenix that looked like it was flying, depending on the lighting. The design quickly went viral because people

was the special threads she used and her technique of embroidering more than a dozen of the same phoenix taking off. From a fixed point of view, the bird looked still. However, when the fabric moved, the change in shadows and lighting created an illusion that it was flying. The sight was so shocking that

the crowd heard what the man had said, everyone looked at the phoenix on Stella's dress. The more they looked at it, the more it looked like

the world. The value of her

the crowd after looking up the photos of the famous phoenix embroidery online and comparing it to the one on

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