Final garment - couple outtakes

Last year saw the dedication of every Thursday afternoon spent at the v.e.t fashion design course which I undertook as part of my vce. These are a couple snaps from the photoshoot of my final garment.

Before you start criticizing the enormity of the shoulders or other such un-wearable aspects of it, I remind you that it was never designed with the intentions of being a practical, wearable garment.
We explored corsetry in class, which I incorporated into the dress in the form of velvet (note to self: never attempt to make a corset out of velvet again, as you may have difficulties trying to fuse shapewell onto the fabric without using an iron, - which would damage the texture).

The inspiration was the magnificent structural shells of the Sydney Opera House, but with a nature VS architecture twist. The venue seemed to capture this element perfectly. I had invisioned a garden partch amongst a architectural steel-like space (think Sydney Opera house, but which is located right next to the Botanical gardens), and we just so happened to find this tucked away corner at Federation Square amongst the chaos of the Melbourne city.

A thousand thanks and hugs to:

Photography: Julie Ta
Mua + hair: Kourtni
Model: Kourtni