Women typically wear the "dirac", which is a long, light, diaphanous voile dress made of cotton or polyester that is worn over a full-length half-slip and a bra.
The music is often very tough, the first movement completely original in form, while the second movement proves diaphanous and seemingly unsubstantial but absolutely right for the program it illustrates.
The colours red and blue predominate in his palette of the 1840s, along with some exquisitely diaphanous draughtsmanship and plentiful use of gold, especially in filigree borders.
