In the 1850s, certain elements of the garment had been changed, people completely exposed the shoulder area, the volume and width of the skirt increased, rows of flounces were added, the style was not conservative anymore and these elements leading the trend of that year. Thus I invested some major feature into this collection. What interesting is, the Victorian trend had also been the rage for these few years, the puffs and frills were always presented at the street or fashion week. For connecting with the 2021 trend, I mainly focus on the side waist hollow design. The cut off of the side can emphasize the shape of women without too much exposed.
The fashion trend of the Victorian period:
The fashion trend of 2021:
Firstly, I combined those two trends and filled up the basic shape on the draft.
Here you can be seen, I was exploring the texture of the sleeve, imitating the see-through netting fabric by using 'Heavy Linen' and 'Fleece'.
However, I felt like the pale lilac colour can't express outs the sense of splendid, so I decided to change the whole design into an azalea colour tone that can perform more likely noble and power expressions.
I also changed the princess sleeve into a puffer off-shoulder sleeve. The exaggerated sleeve design can represent out the noble life in the Victorian period and also balanced between the huge shoulder and the skirt which widened and flared.
The final result:
Reference:
VIRAGO Women’s fashion, ca. 1830: Day dresses, part 1. [Online] VIRAGO. Available from : https://ellie-valsin.tumblr.com/post/132119109316/womens-fashion-ca-1830-day-dresses-part-1 [Accessed 14/03/21].
Dresses with cutouts: 45 fashion outfits 2021-2022. [Online] Joy-Pup. Available from : https://joy-pup.com/en/fashion-en/dresses-with-cutouts-45-fashion-outfits-2020-2021/ [Accessed 15/03/21].
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