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This week's entry for Project Designer, hosted by .

The challenge? Design a modern, runway-quality outfit for a fairy tale character. I got the Princess from The Frog Prince (read the story here: [link] ). The design is not supposed to be a costume, so I went with a nice classy evening gown style. There's a twist to this challenge though...2 designers will be eliminated I hope he likes this one, I know my friends (who are my concept judges) and I do.

So, what to say about this one. Well, I wanted to let the lines of the gown and the cut flatter the body more than usual. The style was meant to be formal, elegant, with a little flirtiness to it. The reason for purples and indigos was to show that this gown is meant for a Princess, as purple is of course a royal color. And yet anyone could use it, not just a Princess or a Queen. I love the look of the double-layered collar with that bit of contrast to really highlight the gown and draw attention upward. The Princess in the story seemed a little bit...prissy? to me, which made me think that maybe I should make my model seem intimidating, and a little spoiled, which also led me to choose rich casa satin (it's a heavier weighted satin than the regular or even baroque). I imagine the underskirt to be a lovely silk with a built in crinoline to give it that extra poof . I luf the gloves with the finger loop at the end. I want her shoes...too cute! For accessories, gold seemed most suitable for that "rich girl" effect, and I gave her a simple stylized heart pendant and a haircomb designed to look like a tiara. And in the story, she is playing with a golden ball, so I added that too

I wonder how I'd look in a gown like this

I have to say though, this was my biggest challenge next to the Cirque outfit. I just had the hardest time translating a period princess gown into a modern styled one without it looking like a boring prom dress. I hope this meets the criteria for this challenge!!

Model Stats
Name: Iris
Hair Color: Medium brown with blackish ends
Ethnicity: Latin

*~*~*~*FULL VIEW if you wanna see the design!!!*~*~*~*

Doodle (c) me!
Colored in Photoshop 7 by me!

~Lucrezia

Description
This week's entry for Project Designer, hosted by .

The challenge? Design a modern, runway-quality outfit for a fairy tale character. I got the Princess from The Frog Prince (read the story here: [link] ). The design is not supposed to be a costume, so I went with a nice classy evening gown style. There's a twist to this challenge though...2 designers will be eliminated I hope he likes this one, I know my friends (who are my concept judges) and I do.

So, what to say about this one. Well, I wanted to let the lines of the gown and the cut flatter the body more than usual. The style was meant to be formal, elegant, with a little flirtiness to it. The reason for purples and indigos was to show that this gown is meant for a Princess, as purple is of course a royal color. And yet anyone could use it, not just a Princess or a Queen. I love the look of the double-layered collar with that bit of contrast to really highlight the gown and draw attention upward. The Princess in the story seemed a little bit...prissy? to me, which made me think that maybe I should make my model seem intimidating, and a little spoiled, which also led me to choose rich casa satin (it's a heavier weighted satin than the regular or even baroque). I imagine the underskirt to be a lovely silk with a built in crinoline to give it that extra poof . I luf the gloves with the finger loop at the end. I want her shoes...too cute! For accessories, gold seemed most suitable for that "rich girl" effect, and I gave her a simple stylized heart pendant and a haircomb designed to look like a tiara. And in the story, she is playing with a golden ball, so I added that too

I wonder how I'd look in a gown like this

I have to say though, this was my biggest challenge next to the Cirque outfit. I just had the hardest time translating a period princess gown into a modern styled one without it looking like a boring prom dress. I hope this meets the criteria for this challenge!!

Model Stats
Name: Iris
Hair Color: Medium brown with blackish ends
Ethnicity: Latin

*~*~*~*FULL VIEW if you wanna see the design!!!*~*~*~*

Doodle (c) me!
Colored in Photoshop 7 by me!

~Lucrezia