Recreation Project
In this brief we focused on looking into the past to get inspired for the future of fashion. We were instructed to find an iconic design created by a well-known designer and recreate it. The twist came in when we were told that or recreation had to be produced with unconventional materials. This was to help us develop our creativity and think more out-of-the-box.
Gareth Pugh
The garment I chose to recreate is from Gareth Pugh ́s Spring/Summer 2015 collection that was largely inspired by British Folklore and pagan rituals.
Most of this collection portrayed dehumanised figures representing mythological beings, displayed in contrast with one another, showing the oppositional forces - black and white, positive and negative, chaos and control.
The one that particularly stood out to me was the head covering, full bodice flower piece. The contrast of it being beautiful, with hundreds of hand made lilies, but also being disturbing at the same time due to its unique silhouette and lack of face.
I thought the construction of this piece would be a challenge that excited me.
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Process
I decided to make the bodice out of wire, as it is a medium in which I am comfortable working in, and then paste origami flowers on top to achieve the similarity between my piece and Gareth Pugh’s.
I started with moulding the chicken wire to a mannequin and then covering it with tape, to make it comfortable to wear and also to have something to stick the flowers on to.
I then made roughly 650 origami lilies and stuck them with hot glue.
I then spray painted them
all off-white and then hand painted the insides of each flower to achieve a colouring similar to that of the originals.
Photoshoot
Process Video
I decided to make a stop motion video of the process for this project. I wanted to show the intricacy of each origami flower and how they all come together to create the garment.
