Home ec. Design

  

In Home. Ec this year we are doing a fashion show!! It's very exciting because we are actually designing the outfits on the runway. The class was divided into groups and given a colour (black & white, red or purple) and a pair of white trousers and top. The challenge is to make an outfit out of these materials with a budget of €15, definitely a challenging project! My group and I were given the colour purple, and this inspired us to make an Alice in Wonderland themed dress. You’re probably thinking what has purple got to do with Alice in wonderland? Well we thought of the Cheshire cat initially and from there we put in different elements of the movie to make the outfit. We included a hat for the mad hatter, and on the hat we will have a butterfly and a deck of cards (the queen of hearts) and ribbons and feathers to top it off! The skirt will have an appliqué of a spade and a club and pink under netting. At the moment it sounds pretty crazy but hopefully it will al come together nicely!