costume theme Louise XIV and the palace of versailles. I took the orangery from the palace as my main inspiration point.
PVA, organza, orange peel torso layer
Ruff styles to try using dry oranges baked in the oven
orange tree inspiration dresses
Research mood board.
Louise XIV, mistress who was into witch-crafting, palace of versailles, film about his life
Embroidery into orange skin
corset sample
pattern cutting, heat press pattern added after photocopying and editing it in photoshop, dried oranges painted with gold ink, gold embroidey thread and dried orange skin.
embroidery onto mandarin skin
Final corset
head piece and other details from the dress
Orangery inspired dress
dried Mandarins and orange skin embroidered onto fabric dress surface
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