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Friday, November 11,1994
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Designer: Cathrin Hoog, Denton senior
Designer: Quoc Nguyen, Denton senior
How fashion design students turn
everyday objects into works of wearable art
By Janice Carter
Contributing Writer
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A picture postcard, the brilliant colors of tropical fish, a science fiction
movie or perhaps the shape of a perfume bottle — such are the varied seeds of
inspiration for NT senior fashion design students in their quest for design
ideas. Once endowed by their own unique inspirations, students begin trans-
lating them into new fashion designs.
Fashion design assignments require students to create particular pieces of
clothing, and to seek inspiration from specific sources. For example, one class
project took students on a field trip to the Dallas World Aquarium, and their
assignment was to make a One-piece dress based on something they saw at
the aquarium.
“What it’s all about is that we were looking at the same things but none of
the dresses turned out the same,” Virginia Ryan, Spring senior, said. A stin-
gray inspired Ryan to design a short black leather and vinyl dress with angled
cutouts on the sides to symbolize gills.
Taking another approach, Craig Carnes, Aledo senior, was inspired by
the serenity of the aquarium atmosphere. He used sheer, flowing fabrics in
soft green and off white colors to create a short, sleeveless evening dress that
connoted the tranquility of the water.
The intensity of the colors of the tropical fish lead NT senior Karen Mou-
ton to design a strapless dress.in colored fabric, portraying the royal blue,
fuchsia, yellow and green colors of the fish.
In another assignment, students created designs based on a flam-shaped
perfume bottle. For that, Ryan designed a chiffon dress in gold overlayered
with a white sheer fabric. The gold fabric symbolized the perfume and the
white, the bottle.
In addition to these assignments, students are urged to find their own sources
of inspiration. For example, Mouton gets inspiration from the styles of the
1940s. She also consults her collection of fabrics and buttons.
In contrast, Greg Veazey, Denton senior,. uses science fiction movies and
television. '
“I’m constantly looking to movies and TV shows for inspiration — more
so than picking up the latest Vogue or Harpers,” said Veazey. Though not a
“Star Trek” fan, he said he seeks design ideas in similar movies with a futur-
istic, science fiction theme.
Ryan created an image book for inspiration. Each page, a collage of pic-
tures taken out of various magazines, has its own style and theme. Her book
includes what she calls a “silver cyber page” and an “S&M page.”
“I like startling images, because they keep my energy up,” she said. Her
startling images include everything from leather, whips and chains, to a woman
wearing a sleek evening gown.
For Carnes, virtually anything can be inspirational. The smell of perfume,
the way someone is walking or hairstyle may stimulate his creative process.
He seeks ideas from clothes, magazines and television. He describes his in-
spirations as exciting. “I get an excited feeling inside, then a picture inside
my head appears and that’s it.” . ... ’
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