I then went on to drape the fabric in similar ways as I did in the first part of my structured garment experimenting and searched for an advent-guard development. Since I was not satisfied with the final results from the previous experimenting, I explored this further using my imagination, until I came up with something creative, exclusive and some what more unique.
After playing around with the fabrics for a while I decided I would stick to one fabric, which was the silver glittered heavy cotton. Although I admired the extra features the net fabric, rose and boxes provided, I felt that they interfered with the structure of the dress so I made the decision to remove them all.
Nonetheless, I felt that garment still did not have the 'WOW factor' so I decided I would play around with the draping to create its final look.
Overall, I am rather fascinated with the construction of the final outcome of my garment, it seems to me to have a Roman structured effect with the pleating and the draping. The main challenge that I came across was the fact that the glitter from the fabric kept on shedding everywhere, which I found quite annoying. Another trial I came across was the fact that the pleats began to fall out and also the problem of the glitter rubbing off on parts of the pleats. I also had a problem with the opening at the back of dress, as I could see the stitching from the zip. For this reason, I decided to leave the back open which I felt gave the garment an exclusive completion.
