Had previously looked at origami and, and would like to continue to include that in this project. Having come from costume, I would like to have an element of that to the garments, and may look into that further.
Have considered looking into Chinese and/or Japanese theatre, I would like to include my costume knowledge in some way, but I think this may be too much.
In my project proposal I looked at changing the body using different historical clothing, Corsetry was the main one, something that I did notice was this obsession with the perfect figure, historically different undergarments were used, I think I might look into tailoring my project into creating this perfect shape using pattern cutting.
I also noted in my project proposal that Chinese women used to traditionally bind their feet to make them more desirable in marriage, because of this connection between the origami and the tradition of changing the body to make them more desirable, I may look at including Asian influences to my designs with things such as the architectural style of pagoda roofs.
I am struggling to come up with a target audience and I think that by deciding on that, I will be able to develop my project further.
Final Major Project 