I felt my final piece worked well, however it was difficult making some of the parts especially the skirt as it was made from an old women's jacket meant that i had to do a lot of hand stitching to hold the folds together. I put a zip in the back so it made it easy to take on and off and i made sure the pleats ended before the zip so it wasn't something you had to put over the head. Overall i am very pleased with my final garment.

I did a photo shoot with my final garment, where i styled the garment and also did hair and make-up to add to the effect of the dress.

The beginning of the skirt i was creating with the deconstruct, reconstruct technique, i wanted it to have a lot of shape to it as the top half is quite fitted so it had an opposing effect.

Once i created my pleats i began experimenting in the way i wanted them to lay on my final garment i wanted to make a neck piece with them. I found that they laid quite flat so underneath i put a layer of wadding to make them stand up more.

The making of my final piece, first i began with the pleating as it takes the most time to create with making the moulds and steaming them with the iron to create the pleats.

Some design ideas for my final piece.

More of her work, which is a really effective piece and is greatly inspired by historical costume.

One of her design ideas.

Millie Cockton a new designer, who is greatly inspired by the theatrical costumes of the past, something that has interested me within looking at pleating and is an idea i would like to develop further.

I created a mood board based on some of my favourite techniques which i am going to use in the design of my final piece.

With the pleating aspect i would like to do a neck piece made from large pieces of pleated fabric, i really like this neck piece by Viktor & Rolf and how it is really layered with more ruffled fabric than pleated but i still think it is really effective.

For my final garment i wanted to incorporate two of the techniques we have been learning in our lessons, the deconstruct reconstruct technique and also the pleating.

Some design ideas based on the calico ideas we created.