Collection four : OOMPH

The dressing was an expression of women's place in that society. Although the clothing layers were heavy and not comfort,  the type of fabrics and the numerous layers were worn as a symbol of wealth. Therefore the upper-class women would wear a skirt adorned with numerous embroideries and trims, as much as the example. In fact, this trend had been still influenced by current fashion designers, these elements had been presented under lots of famous branding. Combining another hot trend of 2021, light and sheer fabrics can always bring out a strong visual impact on the stage, the see-through fabric design added a sense of sexy and femininity, put on the top of the skirt so that the collection can perform multiple layers.

The fashion symbol of the Victorian period:

 

The fashion trend of 2021:

I researched some history of flower symbolism. The flower was the ways of sending secret meaning in the Victorian era, a list of meanings were assigned to flowers and the language of flowers was started to begin. Most of the meaning was about to show romantic affection and interest, therefore it can be seen flower always appeared in painting during that period. 

For the reason that ofter small delicate dimity patterns can help to add a neat ladylike quality to the whole effect, so I decided to combine the flower elements into the light, sheer fabrics.

Reference image:

I started to sketch out the design by using the same brush 'syrup'. In order to present outs a sense of see-through texture, I turned its transparency into 50% and it can be seen vaguely with the body shape of the template.

In the next step, I sketched out a multiple-layer dress. Despite that, I was not really satisfied with the draft, it looks complicated and heavy in the design, so I tried to make it cleaner without losing the concept.

 

Reference image:

Finally, I realised that the skirt made with sheer fabric wasn't puffed enough so I used the tool 'Twist' to edit the size and to be more volume.

The final result:

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