The brief for this task was to create a garment using only paper and utensils to glue the paper together which would then be showed off in a catwalk of everyones clothes, as well as a photo shoot on all levels of the building.
I began creating the garment I had designed the night before straight away. The concept was a floral neck piece as I have never made an accessory as such before, I had only ever made garments. I started with an A1 size piece of white paper and cut out a rough bib shaped piece which also went down the back. I placed it over Ella's head as she would be my model so check that it fit before altering the shape of it slightly to match that of the design, but to also sit well on her figure. Making the paper flowers was simple from there on as I simply scrunched up pieces of paper in an elegant enough way that they would resemble flowers, with the layered paper looking like petals or roses.
My accessory came together very well without any hitches other than the paper base snapping at one point, however this was solved with a quick application of sellotape and staples on the underside so it wasn't visible. I feel that it even turned out better than expected as the structure, after it was constructed with copious amounts of PVA, sellotape and staples, held together very well in a somewhat sturdy structure. It moulded to the shape of the mannequin which matched Ella's torso and fit snugly to her body. Despite the paper flowers not exactly resembling their natural counterparts, they held a defensive kind of form which left this accessory resembling and feeling like armour when it was put on. After trying the garment on myself, I certainly felt more powerful, particularly as the spikier variation of flowers protruded from the shoulders. One problem encountered by the use of so much paper however was that the day after, Ella had a number of papercuts both on her neck and in her ear. Of course if this was made using correct materials, I could see this being constructed from a stiff fabric such as scuba to add a contemporary twist which would not give the wearer any discomfort.
Below are pictures of the finished garment resting on the manikin showing how it fits well to the curves of the body and accentuates the bust and shoulders.
These images also show the accessory on Ella whom I fitted it to. It differs from the design slightly in the fact that there are more flowers around the front of it rather than showing off a lot of cleavage, however in my opinion it still works effectively and is certainly a striking, eccentric piece. Very few of the staples and sellotape were visible when it was worn, and parts of the paper base were cut away to match the shape of the flowers so it wasn't visible which gave the finished accessory a neat finish. I'm very proud of this piece and managed my time well as it was completed in time. I wanted to take it home so badly and nearly wore it on the tube!
Our final task was to take pictures of our model wearing the garment on all floors of the building.
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