Lazy Hazy Days. Part two figures and design development

For lazy hazy days I was asked to draw figures to aid me in the design fase. I was taken by the allure of burlesque and went a little crazy with with feathers. 

In this illustration I have drawn one of the figures preforming in a Martin bowl, she also has a feather fan and mask. 

Here I have placed one of my figures on a elephant after all no great show would be complete with out a the glamour of the circus. Also I added marabou feathers as part of her costume

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After consulting with my tutor I decided my figures looked short on conparison to other fashion illustrations. So I redesigned them with longer more glamorous legs. 

 

I have tried to keep them curvy whilst elongating them.  

Each design has a completely different face, hair shoes and accessories. 

So now to the colors a palette of blues and blacks was taken from the Louis Vuitton SS14 shown and reinterpreted. My designs do follow their theme of showgirls and fair grounds but in a loosely related burlesque kind of way. 

Fishnets and feathers what a fine combination! 

 

Even though hues of purple where not present in the Vuitton show I felt the collection needed a zing of another colour and purple is not so far removed from blue. Right?    

Soon the third and final part of lazy hazy days will arrive with finished desing boards and more pretty pictures.... Stay tuned. 

Art Nouveau.

Over the past couple of weeks in our fashion history classes we have looked into the Edwardian era and inparticular the Art Neuvou movement. Their style of illustration and art of the time really inspired me. I love how the Neauvou imagery shows women in a natural earthly way. Curves and movement are emphasised. 

The image above shows movement even though still, it has a earthy natural feel. It's beautiful, it inspired me to create my interpretation of it. 

I have tried to capture the flowing lines of the original image that I liked so much. I only wish my figure was fuller, but it makes them look more glamarous to be thinner apparently. 

I have incorporated stylised flowers and corners to make it look more like the original. I have tried my best to recreate the paleness of the skin and the firery hair. 

This page I have gone into more detail with the accessories for my illustration. I have recreated the crescent shape in the original image for a belt buckle. Also I have tried to show the flowing lines of flower stems for the straps of my sandals. Also I have included a back view of the garment. 

I was asked to include a pattern in my illustrtion. I thought I would show a correlation with the original Image, so I used the crescent again but only in a subtle way on the garment.