I have now begun toileing the garments, I can already see that the coat will be the most challenging to complete and still achieve the hourglass shape that I am hoping for.
With stiffener in however, I believe the skirt should fan out more and the collar will stand up on its own, in the images, it is attached to the stand so that you can see the effect.
The top and skirt are definitely the more interesting looking of the two outfits, the paper does naturally have the stiffness that means the origami stands out and fans out more towards the bottom, but i am aware that when I do the fold in material, this will be more difficult to create and will also have softer edges.
The peplum on the top also works really nicely on top of the origami, and it has been designed as small panels to reflect the collar and skirt on the coat.
Getting the origami to fit into the skirt seams neatly or correctly will be interesting, I have tried to cut the underskirt seam to fit into the folds better, but each time i am being left with big gaps that will not connect without me forcing the materials and creating a warped look.
I have started thinking about the colour scheme for the outfits, and have started to research into the Suffragette movement which saw women fighting against society’s norms and ideals in order to make life better, for this reason, I have chosen to use the colours green and purple which represents their fight and my projects concept of fighting for confidence in your body.
Final Major Project 