ELIZABETH TELFER

Year 12

PRODUCT DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

My dancer friend Caoimhe requires a well-fitted but flexible garment to wear when performing at an information night for prospective students and parents at Shine dance studio, Moorabbin. Her garment needs to be inspired by the Art Nouveau and Impressionist art movements, while acknowledging any ideas which may be ‘borrowed’. Caoimhe hopes that I will also include fabric embellishment influenced by different styles of tutus and ballet costumes. Caoimhe has fair skin, freckles, brown eyes and brown hair, so I need to be careful to avoid tones that could wash her out. Caoimhe wants to be able to reuse the garment, and she has also asked that I aim to reduce my waste during the production process where possible.