Project Designer
Cycle 4

Held by: ~cjrogers1993

Design Topic 2: Your next design topic is to create a lingere look that can be used as underwear...AND outerwear. Even harder? You must make it based on one of the astrological signs. I will asign them to you: Aquarius

I'm quickly in terms of worktime and urgency, becomine the 'Daniel Franco' of this competition. I really labor over certain spects and up until the last straw, tweaking minute details. But that's my work. cjrojers...he's becoming the stressed Tim Gunn!

Lingerie as outer wear. A surprize I'm sure is that I've worked in a lingerie store before, which actually made decision making difficult. I had knowlege of various styles and forms of the intimate apparel, and the customers who bought them. So, really, all that knowlege gave me a tough time!

I'll start with my concept of Aquarius: Though associated with air, Aquarius is the 'water-bearer.' Symbolic of the Gods nourishing the earth with life giving energies. Friendly and humanitarian, honest and loyal, independent and intellectual describe aquarians.
I researched about its importance in greek belief, stories associated with the sign, parts of body controlled by it(the ankle), and then..."what am I doing?" The research was great but I wanted to let the work well, speak for it self. For those who haven't done all the research. So some of these things I learned are incorporated into the design, and then edited out. I wanted a garment INSPIRED by the topic, not to become a research project. This isn't Project Researcher.

The garment I created is in the vein of a Teddy, with an attaching billowy skirt. In earlier versions I had a babydoll(too common) and corset(again, too common). The overall design for me had to have the airy feel but, ofcouse, represent water bearer(note her clutch is similar to a vessel). Chiffon creates the bust and flow in the bodice, and I incorporated pillettes to give it sheen of perhaps a river. There are details made of silk, such as the straps, and included in the skirt which I experimented with veils and organza to mimic water splashing.

I'm happy with the out come. I think the silhouette is very sexy and independent, and as outer wear it comes off more honest and delicate.