3 sketches under the cut — one casual outfit, one shirt, and one 18th century ballgown.
The idea for this is a simple pair of low-rise (not ultra-low-rise) flared jeans paired with a striped, cotton t-shirt. The t-shirt is designed to be a little shorter than usual, ending above the top of the jeans. It would have cap sleeves, and a band around the collar and sleeves of the same colour as the alternating stripe. This would be closely fit and hug the body. Over this would be a cropped, short-sleeved garment. I imagine this in some kind of knit, or perhaps even something crocheted. It would balance one of the stripes and tie it in with the shade of denim for the jeans. There would be two buttons in the middle, as pictured, and some sort of loop to connect them. Casual and cute, it could be worn with boots, chucks, or even sandals.
This shirt is designed to evoke femininity and womanhood. Fairly fitted, but still flowy, this is ideally made out of a silk chiffon over a silk lining. The sleeves would not be lined and would be fairly fitted, falling into a soft bell shape at the end, and hemmed with a lettuce edge. The neckline would be a sweetheart neckline, and there would be two layers over the bust… one layer coming down, fitted, as the regular shirt, and another over it with a twist wrap in the center bust, and falling into the side seams. A simple spaghetti strapped lining would be attached under the shirt, and the shirt would have a lettuce hem around the bottom.
This gown would be made of silk, and the underskirt would be the same as the overskirt. I see this as a saque, even though we can’t see the back in the sketch. Bunched silk trim would come around the neck and down the sides of the stomacher to the bottom of the skirt. This same trim would form a sort of fleur-de-lis pattern on the skirt, branching off to decorate the gather of the ruffle at the bottom of the underskirt. A gathered ruffle would be attached to each sleeve, and the bunched silk would go around the gathers. The stomacher would be fairly simple, trimmed only in a column of bows.
So, those are my sketches of the day. I need to invest in some coloured pencils… 
April 9, 2009 at 9:41 AM |
I want the middle shirt.
April 11, 2009 at 9:51 AM |
So do several other people I’ve shown it to. I think I’m gonna hafta start drafting a pattern for it. I’d rather wait until I have a couple things and introduce them as a clothing line, but we’ll see.