Birdwing Butterfly Ballgown

Millie Adams
Kadina High

Focus area: Costume

Supporting documentation is presented in an A4 folder.

Description
Full-length princess line dress with shoestring straps. Multiple overlays with five overlapping analogous coloured ruffles. Silk painted, 3-D butterflies randomly placed on the dress, with textured leaves connected to couched vines of cord. Lined, with gathered tulle attached to lining to support costume's 3-D structure.

Design inspiration
Butterflies
Ruffles
Embroidery
Sheer fabric
Evening wear: V-neckline, thin straps, low back
Bold colours

Flames to Flora

Erin Buckley
Elderslie High

Focus area: Textile Arts

Supporting documentation is presented in an A3 folder.

Description
The lined skirt is slightly A-line which allows it to drape nicely without creating folds that would detract from the silk painting and beading. The long skirt has front and back darts and a lowered waistline that has a narrow bias finish. The skirt has an invisible zip inserted in the centre back and a hook and hand-worked loop closure. The lining and the skirt are seamed and hemmed individually. The skirt has been hand-painted and hand-beaded.

The fitted corset has interfacing and boning to reinforce the structure and it is also lined. It has princess seaming and a central bust dart. The centre back finish has a lapped, open-ended zip and button and elasticised loop closure. A narrow bias binding neatens the top edge and is finished with a hook and hand-worked loop at the centre back. The corset has been embellished with colourful machine and hand-worked Australian wildflowers, leaves and crystals.

Design inspiration
Wildflowers
Australia
Regeneration
Replenishment
Fire
Renewal

Seasons: Intrinsic illuminations

Jennifer Howard
Northmead High

Focus area: Furnishings

Supporting documentation is presented in A3 folder.

Description
Seasons, the set of four lamps, are designed to depict the changing seasons, from spring to summer to autumn to winter. Each lamp has the colours that we see in nature and the fibres we wear during that particular season. The colours are all rich, earthy colours that become luminous when light is put behind them.

Design inspiration
Spring: flowers, rejuvenation, rebirth, renew.
Summer: refreshing, ardent, torrid, invigorating.
Winter: frost, frigid, windy, cold.
Autumn: vivid colours, picturesque.

Tokyo Textiles

Athena Maroulis
Mosman High

Focus area: Textile Arts

Supporting documentation is presented in an A3 folder.

Description
It is a cross-over, kimono style, sculptural garment. It has a triple-layer skirt and is fully lined. It fastens at the front with three buttons. The top has darts on each front panel. On the left front panel it features appliqué triangles, and on the right front panel it features interwoven velvet ribbons. The top also has an ornamental collar of various shaped petals, which are held vertically with wire inside a casing. The middle layer of the skirt features the waffled effect. The top layer of the skirt consists of five panels. The front panel features a broderie anglaise flower. The second panel features an appliqué triangle of heat-set satin. The third panel features gathered organza, which has also been heat-set. The last panels are detailed with screen-printed flowers.

Design inspiration
Japanese culture
Obi
Kimono
Origami

Resort wear for children

Kimberly Noyes
Port Hacking High

Focus area: Apparel

Supporting documentation is presented in an A4 folder.

Description
A fun two-piece resort outfit consisting of a jacket and overalls. The overalls are loose fitting, long legged and have a number of decorative pockets, side button fastening, decorated bib and straps with suspender fasteners. A matching jacket which is fully lined features fun plastic inserts, adjustable elastic cording with cord stoppers around wrist and waist, hood with elastic casing, large front decorative pocket with decorative eyelets, front zipper opening and full length sleeves. Top-stitching features on both garments.

Design inspiration
Marine environment: water, shells, vibrant colours, sand, fish.
Resort wear: comfortable styles, contemporary fashion.
Environmentally friendly materials.

Lilith

Eloise Rapp
Cheltenham Girls High

Focus area: Textile Arts

Supporting documentation is presented in an A3 folder.

Description
The top is a one-shouldered, two-piece bodice. It has no shoulder strap or seam, but attaches by two ties that are sewn onto the back and front of the top just above armhole height. The edges of the top are not finished, as the fabric, hand-made by free sewing of thread and couching yarns onto silk and mohair fibres, will not be cut at the edges and thus won't fray. Small flowers made of frayed bits of silk dupion are stitched randomly around the top on the denser parts of the fabric.

The skirt is an asymmetrical design, fully lined. The hem of the skirt slopes from the left hip down to a point behind the right ankle. Lengths of yarn are sewn in between the hem of the skirt and the lining and hang down, covering the legs. Organza leaves with narrow zigzagged edges are hand sewn onto the skirt.

Design inspiration
Contemporary designers
Leaves and flowers
Delicate fabrics
Fantasy art

War and Peace

Aaranie Sabananthan
Hornsby Girls High

Focus area: Textile Arts

Supporting documentation is presented in an A3 folder.

Description
The bodice is made from rectangular shaped chicken mesh (moulded to the female shape) with back, PVC strap opening, laced through black eyelets in PVC side panels. The bodice is strapless and features black and white satin polyester ribbons interlaced through the holes in the mesh. The top and bottom hemline have been bound with satin ribbon and secured with decorative hand sewing.

The outer garment is a silk and hessian, A-line, full length skirt with four silk pleated, batik white panels and two unpleated, black hessian centre back and front panels. The burnt hemline is angled. The skirt features iron on transfers of various newspaper articles along the pleated areas, whilst the black centre front panel has the words peace and war computer embroidered in a cross-like pattern.

The felt chain is made from rayon felt, with 50 interlinked rectangular pieces joined with zigzag stitch, connected to a felt choker with a back hook and eye closure.

Design inspiration
War
Peace
Arthurian apparel
Morticia
Batik designs

Burlesque showgirl costume

Phillipa Street
Burwood Girls High

Focus area: Costume

Supporting documentation is presented in an A3 folder.

Description
The bodice is corset style and strapless, secured at the centre front of the garment with a series of ten hooks and eyes. The corset is fully boned and features an interfaced lining for additional support. The corset bodice is constructed from off-white raw silk, and features black velvet and satin ribbons, of varying widths, topstitched vertically parallel to form a random striped pattern.

The tutu skirt sits almost horizontal. The top layer of the skirt consists of five panels, all of which meet at a curve, and feature a point at the centre of the panel, to create a five pointed spider web hemline. This layer of the skirt is created from matching off-white raw silk fabric to the corset top, and features lining of the same fabric. Beneath this top layer, numerous layers of black tulle netting, grading from long layers to shorter and shorter layers, are attached to the in-built underwear to maintain rigidity in the skirt. The in-built underwear is in a full brief style, constructed from doubled black stretch Lycra. They feature four suspender attachments, two on each leg, sewn to four lengths of black satin ribbon.

Design inspiration
Classical ballet costumes
Tivoli costumes
Corsets
Fishnet and lace fabrics
Striped fabric