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Writers: Kasey Ottewill and Serena Chaudhary
Photos: Kasey Ottewill
The Grade 11 Fashion class rekindled the age-old TAB tradition: making beautiful, creative dresses…out of newspaper!
Ms. Millington's class assignment requires students to design and create dresses from their imagination but use newspapers to create them. The elements of design are also a necessary component of this task.
These dresses arrived in the library in May. After a lengthy voting process that took place for over a month, the winners were announced: Emma Kenty and Claire Prentice!
“I feel proud and accomplished because it took a long time,” TAB’s Claire Prentice says. The project took several weeks to complete.
On May 5th, during a working period that went towards finishing the dresses, one of TABloid’s members interviewed the dress designers, some of whom were still working on the project. Emma and Claire were one of these groups.
When asked for the dress's inspiration, they answered that they wanted to create a “Disney princess, ball-gown type of dress.” They created a “fan effect” that continued throughout the lower half of the dress for texture and used balance to create a dress that had a bottom “that was as 'poofy' as the top, and [wasn’t] uneven.”
To the right, there is an image of the winning dress in the making. Below, there are more dresses that were on display in the Library Learning Commons (LLC).
When asked for a quote after the win, Emma said that they "really loved this [Disney ball gown] idea and wanted to bring it to life.”
Emma and Claire's winning dress
This popular dress could be considered a princess's dream come true, as the symmetry and creativity are amplified by the newspaper. The top is made up of multiple news stories in a sweetheart neckline and the bottom is made up of front covers and photos. Both a choker and a purse are the key accessories, and truly add another layer of beauty to the garment.
"Dress C" created by Shae Soeterik
All in all, staff, students, and designers enjoyed another return to these beautiful pre-COVID library displays.
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