After a discussion with a friend who has agreed to model the garments for me at the end of the making process, I have decided to tailor the project towards women aged 18 – 25. The idea behind the project will be to combat body confidence in women and use the pattern cutting to create this illusion of the perfect figure without the wearer having to physically change themselves to achieve it.
From this, I have been able to develop my title which is:
Can fashion and costume be used to create the illusion of the hourglass shape without physically contorting the body itself in the pursuit of the idealistic body shape?
I feel as if something is still missing, although I am happy with the title and believe I can create aims and objectives that are coherent and will work towards my end goal.
Currently, my aims are to create shape and enhance the hips and waist through garment construction using Asian culture as inspiration. I definitely need to think about these, as this is currently very vague.
I have yet to consider objectives.
Final Major Project 