These are the photos of my final garment which I was really please with. The hair and make up completely represented the whole thing, the background, the shirt and my models style etc. My friend showed some of her dance moves throughout the photoshoot and some famous poses from dancers in the past that have participated in burlesque shows etc. My model had really nice posture to show how the feathers work within my garment.
I used this as my inspiration for my Art Nouveau work, the lampshade has a peacock feathered work throughout the design and I incorporated this into the dress I designed. Art nouvea is a style of art, architecture and applied art especially the decorative arts that was most popular during 1890–1910. I use watercolours to capture the colour of the feathers, old art nouveau designs are a lot more covered than my design I tried to create a modern version but I decided to have a shorter dress but still use the art nouvea style of designs.
I chose the TYE-DYE trend inspired by the hippies which came from the 1960’s but was a main part in the 70’s. Icons of the movement were the great Janis Joplin and Loulou de la Falaise, hippy-chic muse of Yves Saint Laurent. Much of hippie style had been integrated into mainstream American society by the early 1970’s
This is one of Oscar De La Renta’s designs I feel was inspired by the hippies and continued on to this day, although there is more of a sophisticated twist too it now although he the hippie image is still captured.
Musicians in this era were a big follower of the tye dye trend these included artists such as Janis Joplin, John Sebastian (who usually wore a tie-dyed denim jacket and even tie-dyed tennis shoes), Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, and many others.
Hippies often chose brightly colored clothing and wore unusual styles, such as pants, vests, bell bottom pants, tie dyed garments, dashikis, and long, full skirts. Much hippie clothing was self made in defiance of corporate culture, and hippies often purchased their clothes from flea markets and second-hand shops. Favored accessories for both men and women included Native American jewelry, head scarves, headbands and long beaded necklace.
