Topic Choices
Image 1:
Title: Charles James Ball Gowns, 1948
Photograph by Cecil Beaton
- This Image was captured by Cecil Beaton one of my favorite fashion photographers. Beaton captures a beautiful gathering of women in very elegant gowns designed by Charles James a renounced designer in the 1950’s. I love the elegant aesthetic of the gowns as well as, the interaction between the women at the gathering and the space that they are in.
- I believe the design aesthetic of Charles James is elegant, complex, and very modern but classical at the same time. This is also how my fashion designs are. I love to defy normal silhouettes and use elegant and soft colors as did James in his designs in this image.
Image 2
Title : Picture by Richard Avedon, Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, Evening Dress by Jacques Griffe, Folies-Bergere, August 1957
- This image was captured by Richard Avedon a very renowned photographer of the 1900’s. I love the context of the image and the rebellious way model Suzy Parker wears the gown. I love that she’s at some kind of burlesque club, because as a woman in the 1950’s it wasn’t very modest of women to attend erotic shows like these. I really enjoy the narrative in the image as well as, the beautiful and almost revealing gown that she is wearing.
3, I truly feel connected to this image because I like that there is an air of challenging traditional conventions in fashion photography and fashion design. As a Fashion Designer one of my biggest design goals is to challenge traditional design and improve it or modernize it. I truly feel that the designer of this gown is trying to challenge this notions though design and I would love to explore more about what is the thought behind this gown and it’s context.
Image 3
Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn and Art Buchwald, with Simone D’Aillencourt, Frederick Eberstadt, Barbara Mullen, and Dr. Reginald Kernan, evening dresses by Balmain, Dior, and Patou, Maxim’s Paris, August, 1959,
- When I saw this image I was quickly drawn in by the high fashion evening cocktail dresses the models are wearing. The dresses are from Balmain, Dior, and Patou some of my favorite designers. I love the flirtiness of the models and the unique designs of each dress. I admire the details, drapes, and fabric manipulations that were designed specifically for each dress. I am also extremely detail-oriented and believe that the most important things of a design lie in the details. I would love to explore more about the designs behind each one of these evening dresses and discover the meaning of this marvelous fashion photography.
- As a Fashion Design student I feel as though the aesthetic and design of each dress truly relates to my own designs in its modern silhouettes and revealing details. I also admire and am inspired by each design house that designed these gowns and feel very passionate about exploring the design history behind each of these dresses.
