Textiles Project - 18th Century

Currently, I'm studying textiles at GCSE, hoping to continue with it in college at the end of this year. It's one of my favourite lessons, and of course a necessary subject for many jobs in the fashion industry. I've just wrapped up the project that contributes 60% towards my final grade - so it had to be good! The task was to choose one of the given themes and create a textiles piece inspired by research and designers from it. In the end I chose the theme 'Decades' but narrowed it down to the 1770's, when Marie Antoinette was queen of France and heavily influenced the fashion in that period.

The designer I was inspired by was Vivienne Westwood, specifically her 'Anglomania' collection. I decided to create an outfit with a traditional 18th century shape but using eccentric patterns and colours like those in Westwood garments. Here's the final product: (Sorry about the photo quality, it was dark when I finished)

Front

The outfit consisted of a skirt, bolero and corset. The corset isn't included in these pictures because irritatingly, it didn't fit. I handed it in with my project and took a few photos where it was pinned in the back - but I kind of prefer the outfit without the corset.

Back

 What do you guys think? It's taken me a long time to make, and it's the best thing I've made in textiles so far!