{"id":104,"date":"2010-03-13T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T16:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/futureoffashion\/?p=104"},"modified":"2014-02-10T22:23:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T03:23:05","slug":"down-the-rabbit-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/futureoffashion\/2010\/03\/13\/down-the-rabbit-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the rabbit hole……"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my senior thesis, the theme is loosely based off the idea of Alice in wonderland and the transformation of her character. \u00a0Similar to the metamorphosis of myself over the past 5 1\/2 years at school. \u00a0For special occasion, our assignment was to put together a cohesive collection of three eveningwear ensembles (2 that are to be judged for the show). There is our critic (Sergio Guadarrama) and our professor who offer their opinion and guidance through the process. \u00a0We all came to the first day of class with 12 sketches, fabric swatches and narrowed the ideas all down to 3. \u00a0Then the rat race called “you have\u00a0less then 30 days a dress to produce these pieces” started. \u00a0The process is as roughly as follows: sketch, source fabric\/trims, drape the garment in muslin, fit, make pattern pieces, cut into fabric, baste all the pieces together, sew, fit, embellish, and fit again. \u00a0Don’t forget there are understructures to think about so the dress will stay on, there are finishing\u2019s, like linings and hems to consider, oh and to make sure that the end product fits beautifully and is effortless looking. \u00a0This is the start of my senior collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point we are already 41 day in and 29 more days left till the critics judging. \u00a0Dress 1 for me is 90% done. \u00a0I need to add more petals and make the piallettes more organic, coming under the belt on to the petals. Not sure if I should add the fur either. \u00a0I have moved on to Dress 2 this week, but that is for a later post. \u00a0The process for Dress 1 went fairly\u00a0smoothly, sans the fact that I tried dyeing to get the exact color of eggplant I wanted. I epically failed at achieving the color and wound up buying new fabric. \u00a0Lesson one, there are more shades to a color then what they give you in the 96 box of Crayola. <\/span><\/p>\n

Check out the pictures. I am welcome to comments and suggestions. \u00a0Design is all about the eye of the beholder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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