This challenge was one of my favorites. I loved "Adaptations" as a subject in Design School so this outfit was going to be fun to create. Right from the start I decided Greece was the country I wanted to use. I love ancient greek costume and Susie from RandD Angel was the perfect model to show off my design.

The outfit had to be white and I decided ALL white was the way to go.I didn't want to introduce a color because I wanted a uniform look. My biggest problem was finding the right scale lace for the hem trim and it didn't happen until late in the day. I had already made up a skirt in a larger scale lace and every time I looked at it I cringed. After days of searching I found what I considered the perfect trim because even the pattern of the lace had a greek flavor! The design itself looks quite simple but there are a lot of different pieces put together to achieve the final effect. I used ribbons, cord, crinkle cotton and embroidered cotton and lace, but I think they all blended together nicely.

Before I started I asked family and friends what "white and pleats" evoked in the way of countries and most of them said Greece, so I went with that as a premise to build on. This is some of my reference material.

 

Below are pictures of my work in progress. No one has feet as small as Susie!

You can see the difference in the first lace trim and the one I ended up using.

 

This is how Susie presented herself in Athens and the notes and more pictures are below