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Published: 2007-03-25 00:42:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 2198; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 0
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Description Late as always, and sadly my life shows no sign of letting up...

So, this week's brief was:
For this week, we're asking you to design an outfit for an extremely fashionable lady. Basically, she's been invited to a costume party, but this woman is NOT the kind to go out of her way to look stupid in a costume. So your brief is to design something that could pass as a costume, but still looks stylish. We're looking for costuminess just as much as fashionability, so make sure the character she's dressed as is pretty obvious, but chic.

My inspiration for this challenge was robin (the bird, not the sidekick). The idea started from thinking about Batman and the first challenge and in the end it had evolved into the actual bird robin.
I love birds of all kinds, and have based costumes on them before , so this seemed like a natural choice.

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The outfit consists of a tan/nude coloured silk chiffon & taffeta dress. The dress has a layer of delicate beaded & sequined chiffon on the top and a basic tulip hemmed taffeta dress underneath. The skirt of the dress wraps around on the back (not sure how to describe that in english). There's a silk chiffon beaded & sequinned bustle and a long train on the back to represent the robin's tail. The dress would close on the side with a zip.
Over the dress there is a robin-red corset, that'd have hook&eye closure on the back.
The outfit also includes copper bracelets and copper coloured taffeta kitten heeled d'Orsay shoes. The mask-on-a-stick would be of robin's beak brown leather.

(Critique, please.)
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Comments: 14

KanchanMahon [2019-05-30 03:55:12 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!!

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HistoryFashionLovers [2008-03-10 16:50:20 +0000 UTC]

that's absolutely lovely I would wear that, most definitely

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littlemissmoody [2007-04-01 06:08:43 +0000 UTC]

purty!

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chun52 [2007-03-30 00:17:59 +0000 UTC]

I love this! O_O great job Kitty! *claps XD*

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kittyvane In reply to chun52 [2007-03-30 07:06:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Chun.

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divisoria [2007-03-28 15:32:47 +0000 UTC]

the design itself is very warm to the eyes (plus adding your childrens book drawing style).

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mythic-norms [2007-03-27 15:36:39 +0000 UTC]

on this one I like:
the lips. (small and round like an apple)
the hair. (spikey short and in control)
the uncovered eye. (distanced but interested)
the folds of the skirt at the waist. (simple but interesting)

I fall in love with each of your characters.

kit.

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Shpout [2007-03-25 15:43:39 +0000 UTC]

She looks wonderful and perfect for the theme! very beautiful and your style is just goregous as always!

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kittyvane In reply to Shpout [2007-03-26 19:02:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I'm really happy with how this design turned out, seeing as I did finish it at night when I was very, very tired and all.

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Kallastyos [2007-03-25 04:06:52 +0000 UTC]

i definitely get what madstar is saying;

it seems weird that ur placing the seam OVER the boob.

the design is beautiful though

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kittyvane In reply to Kallastyos [2007-03-25 09:25:05 +0000 UTC]

Like I said, it seemed like a good idea at the time! Sure I can't pin the whole thing on lack of sleep, but the fact that I finished this around 3 in the morning does explain a lot of things.

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Kallastyos In reply to kittyvane [2007-03-25 16:51:14 +0000 UTC]

oh


hahahaha yea

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MadStar [2007-03-25 02:49:47 +0000 UTC]

Aw, very cute!

I really liked this piece, even without the coloring.

However, your boob style doesn't work when you have overlapping design elements going over it. Like, it works when the front of the dress is flat, but when you have rouching or lines running over it, it feels like they should wrap around.

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kittyvane In reply to MadStar [2007-03-25 09:20:36 +0000 UTC]

I know that the tubular boobs look a bit odd here now, but sadly it didn't occur to me at 3 am when I was doing this.

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