Monday, February 27, 2012

What I'm up to these days

 As a fashion major, you have to find a balance between what you see in your head & what you you can make walk down the runway; a paralyzing struggle at times. For my current project, I am oh so excited to share that it's the first time something has turned out EXACTLY like it did  in my head. My initial idea for my Dallas Career Day competition garment was to make a simple saque dress with a pleated buttress back and sheer 'wings' that connect to wristlets. Along the way, I decided to add a screen print to give the wearer incentive to "spread her wings".


Screen print ideas ran from Rorschach prints to finger prints but I finally settled on one that would truely resonate with fashion insiders. 


Need I say more...?

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty ( Metropolitan Museum of Art) 
2011 By Andrew Bolton (Author), Solve Sundsbo (Photographer), Tim Blanks (Contributor), Susannah Frankel (Contributor)
Image from here. Buy book at Amazon

I wanted an image that spoke volumes about what matters to fashion now & something that would make a bold statement. I believe that I pulled it off. 


My original dual image screen print


I chose a silver base coat with periwinkle highlights to make the original holographic reflections stand out. The chiffon I used is iridescent, so I definitely didn't want anything too flashy or glitzy. 
Screen Print 

Unfinished back wings


Annnnnnnnd VOILA!



'Savage' Skull-Fairy-Ballerina = Executed to a T





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