Multicultural dress-sculptures 

Folclor românesc del Flamenco

Our dress sculpture is inspired by traditional Spanish and Romanian fashion. We wanted to combine the two styles into one dress, and since the Spanish and Romanian 

flags have almost the same colours, it worked out well in the end. The top half of the dress is a real traditional Romanian shirt, or ie. We made a blue belt resembling Brâu tradiţional, or a Romanian folk belt with flower embroidery. The bottom half is Spanish, resembling the skirt of a Flamenco dress in the colours of the Spanish flag. The black waistband represents the waist part of el traje de Luces, the outfits of the bullfighters in Spain. 

• Isabel & Miruna

FallFire 

The concept was a mix between naturalism and the fall season. Our wish was to mix our two different cultures and use the Finnish fall as a way to tie them together. Red is the common color we chose to focus on since it's found in both cultures, not in the same amount but still relevant. Red is also commonly found in the Finnish fall color palette. 

The initial idea was to make an ombre dress with the Finnish fall color palette falling into a big leaves skirt. It turned out that the leaves would dehydrate after a while, which made it difficult to work with. The final overview resulted in a short-dress sculpture with an opened back.

The main concept / idea was to work with biodegradable materials and naturalism. So it was chosen to work with natural fall leaves as principal material. Using its natural shape, color, texture and meaning.

• Chloe & Arthur

Suomineito

The inspiration for our dress was Finnish nature, specifically the northern lights and ‘Ruska’. Both of us agreed that nature is a big part of finnish culture, so we wanted to appreciate that with our dress. 

• Cecilia & Wilma

Modern Tradition

Inspired by Finnish and Romanian traditional clothing of women. Puffy sleeves, a puffy skirt, and a vest are all a part of both Finnish and Romanian traditional clothing, so these were all included in the dress sculpture. The shortness of the dress gives the sculpture a more contemporary look. The puffiness of the skirt is exaggerated in the dress sculpture, making it more extravagant. 

• Bianca & Alisa

THE SEA

With my dress sculpture I took inspiration from the fin/swe culture including nature, the sea and sailing. My dress sculpture has a blue theme representing the sea and the newspaper represents more of the naturistic side. The way I folded the newspaper is also supposed to represent the birds that live by the sea, as for ex. The swan, which is Finland's national bird. My dress sculpture could be used for a variety of different events, as for example an ocean themed party.

• Meja