Fashion and Textiles. Day 5

I don't think I have ever worked so hard at something i have never made before and been so proud of it. Yesterday I stayed in the university until 8pm starting off my dress so i knew what i had to do today. Like i mentioned in my previous post i explained how i liked the idea of simplicity. Turns out i made it more complicated than i thought, complicated enough for me handle. My inspiration stemmed from the men character night crawler and his outfit. I was inspired by the v-cut that is original outfit had (right) it was the shoulders that really got my attention and i really wanted to develop it in my dress.

The idea of straps that surround the dress came from the film "The fifth element"(1997)

The character LeeLoo's costume was a representation of how people in the future will dress. People becoming more revealing and unashamed. I didn't want to copy the outfit directly so i used different colours for the straps and angled them differently to create a patters throughout the dress, almost like a corset. Taking this idea merged it together with nightcrawler outfit to create this outcome i am very proud of.