Monique Lhuillier

Whilst researching designers for the Anh Mao project, I discovered Monique Lhuillier. Her work is amazing, so elegant and feminine. I particularly liked these from her spring 2011 RTW collection

I've also been looking at the work of Elie Saab.

(spring 2010 Couture)
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Black and gold

Having spoken to Anh, i decided on a colour scheme of purple and gold, taken from an image (in my previous post) of a caterpillar. I wanted to do something feminine and a little antique looking. After playing around with different designs using those colours, however, i soon decided it wasn't working. Everything looked too disney princess-esque! i went back to my research and black seemed to be a prominent colour so it was decided - Black and gold!

some samples - piping and gathering.

New year. New start. New brief

So, i spent last year convincing myself i was going to put my all into our next project...I'm getting there. We were given a brief to design an evening dress for Anh Mao with the possibility of it being put into production, all we had to decide was our theme. In the past I've chosen themes which seem to restrict me somewhat with regards to research. I therefor decided to chose something i actually had an interest in and so would hopefully find more inspiring; Insects. From shape to colour to texture the possibilities appear to be endless, this was definitely a good decision!