final major project degree show

these are my final designs at university i am so proud of them as i manged to achieve a first with my concepts. this is what i would like to make and do continuously as it is my passion to make and design costumes i especially love period costume which i hope comes through in  these images.

my badger costume based on the book the wind in the willows concept was for a female actor in stead of  of a male one as during my research i found no concepts for a female costume design 

my rabbit costume which is the partner to the badger costume and is taken from the the same book the wind in the willows i loved making this outfit as i got to make a cage crinoline it was hard work out of willow but the final result was really good and worked well with my fabric choices 

my final stand at my end of year degree show 2012  all my ideas for minor and major  work well together as i kept my color pallet earthy and in with each theam 

side view on my minor project , straight jacket design based around the life of the marce de sade yes his life was a bit barbaric and sadistic but i was trying to focus on his struggle which i think i brought to life as the straight jacket its self i have written pieces from his work to try and depict his insanity i also based it around the 17th century dress that he may have worn and tailored the straight jacket to the style of the jacket which he may have worn 

this is the hat that finished of the full costume of my rabbit design as you can see i have styled it around the rabbits head and have use the rabbits ears in my design 

this is the hat that matches the badger costume and finishes the look i based this on the badgers head with the black and white striped i looked at the concept of how the actor would move in the outfit and thought the hat would work better than a full masque 

hats and fascinators

i started to make hats in my 2nd year of university and from then i have loved it i still love making bespoke fascinators to this day for any occasions for friends and family i have made a few for weddings and other social evens i.e the ladies day at the races which is very popular.

                        Start of a fascinator i used an original 1950s hat block as a base for the start of this cream fascinator 

the start of the base of my 2nd year hat project the hat was title a midsummer night dream the inspiration came from the film i based it on the theam of the garden and flowers that the fairly's lounge in 

a different view of the picture above 

wedding Fascinators 

i was commissioned for these by a family member and the request was them to be based around her black an white themed dress for the day 

Fascinators for a wedding the theam was black and white