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This garment is inspired by a series of Andy Goldsworthy land art. I took inspiration from the captivating shapes and earthy colour palette on one particular piece of tree art, designing to encapsulate curves and accentuate the beauty of a woman. This conspicuous, dramatic piece is designed to not hide women of size, but to flaunt their best assets. Dare to be different.

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Final 6 illustrations

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Final 6 illustrations. I experimented with different styles and media’s in my sketchbook, and I combined the two styles I came up with - a euphoric twist with flowers and alien-like body parts, created with pro markers and sections of fine liner.

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Even though we got given the choice of a gif and as commercial & I chose a commercial, I still wanted to experience making a GIF and I thought this video would be perfect.

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Some of my favourite BTS shots.

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I began to look into photoshoot ideas to showcase my final design. I used pinterest to put together some ideas:

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A sneak peak into my final garment 👀 …

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First completed toile.

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Practising appliqué techniques on my first (almost) completed toile :)

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Lining

-Place corset and lining right sides together

-Line all seams up together and pin

-Spot tack in place

-Sew both pieces together at seam allowance, around top and sides

-Press

Final pieces

- Add retaining stitch

- Sew bottom of corset together at 1cm, leaving a few inch gap on one of the side panels

- Pull the corset through the gap so it is the right way

- Press

- Close the gap on the side seam by a ladder stitch

-Add eyelets on the back for fastening

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Bottom decorative piece -

- Cut 2 bottom decorative pieces (cut 2)

- Dye the front pieces

- Interface the top pieces

-Bondaweb the front and back piece together

- Pleat

- Overlock the inner curve

- Top stitch on the bottom of the corset

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Top decorative piece

- Cut out top decorative piece (cut 2)

- Interface front piece 2x

- Bondaweb front & back piece together

- Pleat

- Attach decorative piece to front panel, right sides together, and pin inbetween lining

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The face of someone holding back tears after they dyed 3m of their own fabric for their garment, for the person before me to not clean the table so blue seeps through & ruins it🥲