PROCESS BEHIND MY WORK
- Mar 17, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 15
My outfit centers around liberation and resistance, but also love and appreciation for my heritage and the diaspora, fusing punk with and traditional middle eastern cultural attire.
Fit 1
JACKET:
The jacket is my most successful piece despite being the most difficult to create due to my inexperience with making clothes.
HEADRESS:
JEANS
To be honest there is no point in me including the jeans.
Fit 2
HEADPIECE:
GOWN:
This outfit was much more simpler to make but l had no idea what l was doing. I pinned fabric to the mannequin how l wanted it to rest then sewed a few parts of it to get fitted. Then l got vines that I pruned from my garden willow tree willow tree that l always sit under and speak to, and wrapped wire around it just like l did with the headpiece. Then l sewed it to the collar of the gown and despite it breaking the wire does a great job of keeping it fully flexible and intact. I added embellishments to match with the coin headless then I attached some gold painted leaves to match with the other headpiece. I was very intentional with my placements, looking back on my reference drawing and making transitions from small leaves to bigger on the shoulders to emphasize my physique. Then l flipped o. Some rouge leaves o. The side inspired my the ancient Sumerian and Greek cloaks.
PROSTHETIC:
There was not enough time to complete the prosthetic.
