This piece is the skirt from my final A2 natural form and 19th century project. I choose an onion theme because in my research for my project the 19th century designs reminded me again and again of onions. Within this piece I decided to blend 19th century fashion with more contemporary fashion with the use of Paul Poiret style prints, Charles worth style haute couture and Vivienne Westwood’s ‘mini crini’.To create this piece I used onion prints on the front and back panels. To make these prints stand out I embroidered thread and appliquéd fabric to make them stand out more. The side panels are white lace, to imitate the white skin of an onion. The skirt is given its round onion like shape by the use of crinoline which I made myself. The white ribbon band along the top of the skirt is to set the skirt apart from the bodice, emphasising the skirts onion like shape. In addition to this I added, metal broaches and rings with flowers on to the sides of the skirt to imitate onion layers. I am very pleased with this piece as I feel that I fully explored its possibilities with the use of modern fashion, 19th century fashion and natural form. It is a very interesting piece which catches the eye and is very representative of an onion.
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