This is a picture of my drapery assignment from earlier today. We were asked to create a drapery out of pieces of fabric that had to be 10 by 10 centermeters or smaller. It was going to be tough and it was going to take alot of labour. The assignment did not have a specific theme, which meant we could find influence anywhere and then drape exactely what we wanted. I decided that fish scales would work perfectly considering the fabric restrictions. One of my favourite dresses is a Jean-Paul Gaultier dress he designed for Marion Coutilard for the 2008 oscars. It was created from hundreds, probably thousands of little pieces of fabric, shaped like fish scales, sewn together by hand. I used 154 scales to create mine, which i thought was quite a number, can you imagine how many were needed to create a complete couture dress. It was worth it as he got incredibly exposure from this masterpiece as Marion Cotillard won the oscar for "La Vie en Rose" that year. He calls it his "mermaid" dress. What do you think of my mini take on it?
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