Lately I've been thinking about how fashion can blur reality and fiction, turning human women into decorative objets d'art. I understand that the industry I want to enter isn't necessarily the most progressive when it comes to women's sexuality. When men dress well, they dress exactly like themselves: the dress suit throws the male body into a dramatic monochrome (black and white or navy and white), and the tie makes no uncertain reference to their anatomy. But women are different: we become flowers, canvases, even (if you're tacky) animals. But we never look like ourselves. Clothes frame and form our anatomy but usually don't reference it directly.
Anyway, all of those heavy thoughts aside, I started thinking about ornamentation. While doodling in class one day, I remembered the dress for my favorite Barbie, a Juliet doll:
I also had my favorite new designer,
Mary Katrantzou, on the brain, with a subliminal side of
Louis Vuitton's 2011 Resort collection. So I came up with these (click to enlarge):
For the ball gown, I wanted real pearls to border the trompe 'oeil print--just to be whimsical. The daywear, of course, does not have pearl beads. Not sure how I feel about the last one: the top reads a little Mardi Gras to me (not that is EVER a problem). I would wear the first pink dress all day every day if I could. What do you guys think about these designs? Would you wear them? :)
