For the studio final project, I am going to design a collection inspired by five composers: Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven and Debussy.

This one is inspired by Mozart. As a prodigy, his music came out naturally and he was never stuck with ideas. He used just the right amount of notes to elaborate the flawless melody. Although his life had been hard, he always made his music joyful and comforting. I chose red as the major color of the dress in order to demonstrate his passion and talent about music. I focused more on the silhouette and keep the color simple because Mozart’s composing techniques were relatively simple compared to latter composers. The silhouette represent his focus on melody and the relatively simple color represent his preference of pure, minimalist composing techniques.

This is inspired by Beethoven. Being the bridge of the Classical Era and the Romantic Era, he brought the classical music to a more expressive level by means of harmony, texture, etc. This outfit mimics fire, which is the most prominent thing I feel from his music. Many of his music feels extremely furious and energetic.

This jumpsuit is inspired by Lizst. He was a very virtuoso composer and also probably the best pianist in his era. He was famous for astonishing performance and loved fancy outfits.  I used gold and black to demonstrate his flamboyant style, and added some metal rock elements because I think he was a “rock star” at his era. I also add the gold printed faces of “The Scream” by Edward Munch to show my emotions towards his music.

This dress is inspired by Debussy. He is a French composer famous for impressionist music. Many of his music has a flowing quality. He used a lot of chords instead of a straightforward melody line.The music is usually not organized in a traditional way but can bring the audience into a specific mood or scene. I used frost blue as the major color and incorporated many fluid decoration on the arms to show the quality of his music. Debussy’s music feels very light, soft and romantic to me. It reminds me of the crystal blue lake and the moist breeze in the summer.

This is inspired by Chopin. He is a composer in the Romantic era and is known as “Poet of Piano”. He added some sophistication to the classical music but overall his style was still pretty elegant and classic, so I used a classic cut of V – neckline. I also chose purple to elaborate this dress because purple demonstrated my feeling towards Chopin: poetic, intricate and a little bit sad.

For the final , I will create the Liszt garment and show the rest as sketches after some adjustments on the design. I will probably make a slideshow or video to introduce the composers’ styles and how those are related to my design while showing the photos of the collection.