ALAS

IN MY SPRING SEMESTER, I TOOK A COURSE CALLED "CREATIVE DRAPING," LED BY PROF. RUSSELL BENNETT. IN THIS COURSE, WE EXPLORED THE EXPLORATORY NATURE ONE CAN USE WHEN DRAPING AND DELVED INTO ARCHIVAL WORKS AND VARIOUS TECHNIQUES THAT SHOWED US THE RANGE OF DRAPING. 

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FOR ONE OF THE ASSIGNMENTS, WE WERE TASKED TO CREATE A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF AN ARCHIVAL WORK BY BALENCIAGA. INSPIRED BY THE INFAMOUS "UMBRELLA DRESS" AND THE TECHNIQUES USED TO CONSTRUCT ITS SILHOUETTE, I PLAYED WITH THE PROPORTION OF THE WINGS OF THE UMBRELLA SHAPE TO THEN CREATE TWO WINGS MIMICKING THE SHAPE OF THE ORIGINAL UMBRELLA WING. FROM THEN ON, I WENT FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN CONCEPT AND CREATED A FULL, FINAL FABRIC DRESS OUT OF PONTE PONTE KNIT.

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THIS DRESS IS CONSTRUCTED WITH ONE BODICE PIECE, ACCOMPANIED BY SELF-FACING, ADDITIONAL SEPARATE FACING, A LOW-CUT BACK, AND THIN STRAPS. 

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PHOTOGRAPHER: D. SANTIAGO

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MODEL: L. SANTIAGO

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