November 2009 – Project Prose

We were asked to take a second hand garment re-make it into something suitable for a catwalk show we organised at the end of the project. We had to base the design on a piece of inspirational literature, or a text that was personal to us. I chose to do my project based around the wedding vows, and how, especially in the past, they can be very trapping for a woman. I bought an old wedding dress for £10, remade the bodice and adjusted it to symbolise the sinister side of marriage.