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The Invisible dress
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Outline the story …
First upon receiving the news of the theme, my thought was to honour the character that is most dearest to my heart and our fate is briefly entwined with: Bulgakov’s Margarita Nikolayevna. Obstacles came, mainly in her attitude, shortly after I ran through her wardrobe, as described: She barely wears anything, at one point she even proclaims that: “ I love the speed and I love being naked just like a bullet from a gun - bang!” She refuses to dress up multiple times, even at the ball she is wearing barely anything, As an appearance I choose myself as a model, mainly because a slavic heroine deserves a slavic model.
For the photoshoot my hair got altered with a washout colour and got rag-curled up. I decided on a Roman hairstyle with a tiara. As for the dress, the only accessories detailed are a necklace, pink petal-like shoes which in my way were interchanged with pointe shoes, on the basis of fit and close-nude colour. When I considered the dress construction, I kept in mind that however she likes to run around bare, if I want to embody her perfectly, I must find a dress, fit for a queen. After careful consideration, I decided on the famous ‘Robe A La Reine’, since the dress is made up for an illusion of ‘lewd nakedness’, which Queen Margot is up for together with the description. The big ballroom and the fireplaces of the Satan’s Ball suggested a heavy baroque influence.
Outline the construction…
The obvious choice for an invisible dress is seethrough fabric. I knew that silk is out of question, due to price. My second choice was organza. I was aware that the construction is going to be hell, due to fraying, but working with plastic also has the advantage that I can seal it up.
“Manuscripts does not burn” - said Woland
“Neither dresses” - answered Victoria R.
I had my own pattern for the Robe, also, for my corset. This is a made-to-measure, created a little more than a year ago when I started to make corsets in the tailoring school. The base is a wasp-waist, close to 1880 as a fashion. Half-cup, S-bend.
My first try was a ribbon corset. Unfortunately, due to poor material it tore up before I can even finish with it. I had nor the opportunity neither the strength to start ribboning again, so I turned to the second fabric I ordered, for try. The fabric of the robe is oily, pinkish, with green hues, the second fabric is milky, almost completely see-through. I had to trick with it. It is one-layer, being the last resort, with external boning channels.however I was able to keep the pink colour theme, I upgraded with some gold and white. To keep the fraying organza together, I had to cut reverse, that’s why the wrinkles.
That video is perfection, the music is en pointe 😉
Thank you 🖤
Love the mood of this!
You’re very kind 🙂
I’m reading this book right now so I was so excited to see this! The choice of character is great and execution of concept is fantastic.
Wow that’s quite fresh of an experience then 🙂
Wonderful idea! And you executed it so well, great job❤
It was quite a challenge, thank you ❤️
The idea behind this is amazing, and you pulled it off perfectly! Well done – loved the video!
That’s kind of you, thanks🖤
This is so different from anything I would make or wear, yet I can’t but appreciate and love art you made. Corset and dress are both incredible. Congratulations on making them!
It is different from anything even I would make haha but she wanted it.
Making a seethrough outfit is wonderful! And the execution as well.
It was a challenge to photograph too, but worth every minute of suffering 😊
What an amazing concept. Love this! So much power in this character and outfit, can’t wait to read the book!
Making a see through corset is such a creative idea! I love how you pulled it off, and made such a great video too! Your depiction of the character really makes me intrigued to read the book! Well done for this awesome creation!