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To emphasize the transformation from a conservative dress to an exposed vest, I shot in a church.

I focused on two parts of my extensive research I originally did for recreating a new garment; the meaning of black and the evolution of covered to exposed clothing

This is my process overall for creating a new garment out of the old one I bought at Goodwill:

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I created many different looks out of the fabric from my sourced garment. I decided that my final look would encompass parts of each design.

I deconstructed my garment and started taking swatches of fabric from it and testing out different ways of manipulating the fabric. My favorite and most successful manipulation was using gel medium and wire mesh to create a synthetic snake skin.

Process:

Finished look:
I used the gel medium/wire mesh technique on the collar and hood of my garment.

After researching the garment, I created two questions that would guide me in how I would reconstruct the garment.

I laser cut a hanger and engraved the questions onto it. I hung my research off of it to symbolize that the questions have come directly from my research.

After sourcing a garment, I researched everything I could about the garment. This included research about the materials, how it was made, the color, dying processes, history of fashion…

PDF of Research Information: Garment Research

Sourced from Goodwill

Price: $10

I used magazines as my inspiration to generate 100 questions about fashion. I compiled these pages, attached the questions that were sparked from each page, and created a magazine out of the pages: