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Description "this time you are asked to design your country on your cloths. meaning when i see your design i must reconaze your country ^_^ you have too put elements of your country but that has too do with your history (no flags or colour of the flages has too be shown ) you have too show me how creative you can be without showing the flag) so get your histroy books and choose lol ah i need the time of history you choose writen in your comments so i knew what era of history you used and a summary of what happened ^_^ you can mix too dates of your country history ^_~ so good luck donn't forget accesserious ^_^ "

Okay, so we had to pick 2 dates in the history of our country and I chose two things: the flapper era around the 1920s, I'll explain that movie later, and my second time period thingy was the California Gold Rush which started in...1849 if I rememeber correctly.

The 1920s was where this new kind of woman emerged. Flappers were the antithesis of what women in society should've dressed and acted like. These were feminist women who danced all night at jazz clubs, protested Prohibition, drank, smoked and wore dresses with shorter hemlines, causing uproar.

And Example of a flapper. [link]
Mind you, there's variations of the flapper dress, I chose the styles with fringes, and the Cloche's (hat) there cause it was especially popular around this time period...

Second time period, I wanted to do something about the history about the United States as well as my own history, the Chinese.
The Gold Rush was the first time where there was an influx of Chinese immigrants ((that's why we have so many Chinese in California, anyone?))
So, during this time was the Qing Dynasty I belive, examples of clothing ((here's a miner)) [link] And for the more traditional clothing, [link]

And yeah....those flowers are peonies seeing that everyone is more likely to recognize them as Chinese...I think. The pants were...kinda typical in China, although they had wider legs during this time. The acessesories are gold, (gold rush) and the border pattern are...Chinese coins! XD
((Though they're usually seen on boy's clothes))

And uh...yeah, flapper-style dress, cloche, long drag thingy (I'm thinking opium for whatever reason) there! 1920s!


Sorry for the long drawn-out explanation, but I think if you look at it at first, it looks more Chinese than American.... TT___TT;
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Comments: 27

11echogecko11 [2011-06-10 19:55:25 +0000 UTC]

Whoa. She's so pretty...the colors on her dress just stand out so well. She looks like a rich person who lives under the ocean, if you know what I mean. Her scarf and skirt flow like goldfish fins.

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to 11echogecko11 [2011-06-11 03:11:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh my, thank you!
That's a very...flattering description of my little picture. XD

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Kettlehead [2010-02-13 20:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is such an interesting design! 8D I love this whole collection but this one just kind of jumped out at me.

I really enjoy the smoke for some reason.

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to Kettlehead [2010-02-13 22:08:48 +0000 UTC]

You like the smoke because long drags are classy. >;]

Thank you. XD

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abhishek-mitra [2010-01-26 07:29:40 +0000 UTC]

beautiful design

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to abhishek-mitra [2010-01-27 03:34:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you- <3

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abhishek-mitra In reply to Cardboard-Octopus [2010-01-27 09:05:35 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome

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sunflowerb [2010-01-26 01:22:03 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! I love the design. I'm such a huge 1920's fan, and this is such an amazing and unique example of clothing from that era!

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to sunflowerb [2010-01-26 06:33:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
Same here- I always loved the 20's, the silouette, the cloche. I was just hoping I wasn't going too into the halloweenie costume takes.
Thanks- c:

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OakEvolution [2010-01-26 00:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god, this is beautiful!!

I adore this whole outfit!

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to OakEvolution [2010-01-26 06:36:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^

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Moonstar91 [2010-01-25 21:51:27 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous connection! of colors, of form and all, pretty done!

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to Moonstar91 [2010-01-26 06:37:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. c;

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caroarriagada [2010-01-25 21:09:40 +0000 UTC]

sweet design!! is soooo gorgeous!! i will love to do an illustration with one of your designs
Watch!

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to caroarriagada [2010-01-26 06:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Really? O_O
Oh my. Like seriously?
Thank you! X'D

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caroarriagada In reply to Cardboard-Octopus [2010-01-26 23:24:46 +0000 UTC]

of course XD your cloth designing is really gorgeous. You don't mind do you ^^U?

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to caroarriagada [2010-01-27 03:35:17 +0000 UTC]

Nah, it's fine. XD

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Sagita-D [2009-11-29 08:27:06 +0000 UTC]

Waaa this is sooooooooooo cute!!! *O*

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to Sagita-D [2009-11-29 17:36:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~ ^^

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pochis [2009-11-28 00:04:21 +0000 UTC]

So cute n.n

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to pochis [2009-11-29 17:38:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~ XD

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Rallya [2009-11-26 09:02:44 +0000 UTC]

this is so pretty.

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to Rallya [2009-11-26 15:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^^

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krausler [2009-11-26 02:44:59 +0000 UTC]

Honestly, one of the best work I've seen of you! A marvelous expression, and a fascinating outfit, from the colors, to the forms to the design... the flowers on it left my jaw hanging 'til now!
Also amazing how it transmit glam and carefree at the same time, with just a small taste of wickedness.
I think you got the feel of the time you wnated to pass on it pretty well!

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to krausler [2009-11-26 05:06:54 +0000 UTC]

XD
Thanks!
This time I actually had more time to work on it so that was probably why it's not as sucky. I actually had time to color it. 8D

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Mick-ers [2009-11-26 01:17:55 +0000 UTC]

I really like the dress and the face. The pose is pretty nice too!

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Cardboard-Octopus In reply to Mick-ers [2009-11-26 01:27:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ;]

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