I was an art major before I transferred here and decided to do fashion. So I've made garments before but they were more for the visual aspect than wearable purposes. But that is a question that's brought up time and time again, is fashion art? The first dress I made in high school out
of 4 decks
of cards and duct tape for a project to make clothing out
of something that's non fabric or like materials. Last year in my fibers art class, I made a was out
of men's underwear for a deconstruction/reconstruction project. I really enjoyed the idea
of this more so than ever making actual clothes, because I never worked on the construction skills to make professional looking clothing.
(my friend wearing it as a Halloween costume last year... only picture I could find
of it :/)
My inpiritation when it comes to designing and fashion in general is vintage. I love clothing from the decades past, especially the 60's and 70's. I recently received a lot
of clothing that belonged to my late great aunt that had been stored away in an upstairs room for atleast 40 years untouched. I really like wearing something that belonged to a realative or even a second hand shop that I know no one else I know will have.
I really like dresses, I wear them a few times a week, and if I had enough I would wear one everyday. I really like feminity and over sized buttons, exaggerated prints and large bows. I find myself wanting to combine garments a lot when I am shopping, because I would like one peice more if it had the characteristics
of the other or the embelishments or coloring
of the next one.
(my friend wearing it as a Halloween costume last year... only picture I could find 
2 comments:
sweet message! totally rad designs, mary! i really like the underwear dress.
girl i love that dress, you can't even tell it's made out of underwear!
i got a ton of underwear i've never worn, make me something out of that! ;]
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