[Steppes] Garb question - materials

[Jann Mays]

Greetings to those experts who have tackled silk brocades.  (Chiara, I know YOU have for sure.)
 
Ok, I have a rather dumb question, and I know there are several answers to this question, but what do you think is the BEST answer?
 
I bought some of that beautiful brocade at Gulf Wars year before last (it's purple cross fleuries within a diamond-pattern on black).  Now that I have recovered my sewing machine from under all of my teaching stacks, I am ready to use it on a nice flowing Houppelande.  I actually saw a dress of this style made with the same trim.  
 
Ok, so you know it's a silky brocade, but the color is hard to match - it's a blue-violet and not a red-violet (which is easier to find).  It was suggested that if I can't match the purple, I should try a bright royal blue for contrast.  I'm going fabric hunting (again) and I'm not sure if a raw silk would work (not too shimmery), a satin, a velveteen, a linen, a panne, a dupiony silk (sp?)... or even a nice brushed blue-violet cotton.  I plan to use the brocade around the neck and at the hem.  
 
Any thoughts on the matter?  I'm hoping to finish it by Saturday (I'm home all day the rest of this week).
 
Gab.


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