Stuck At Prom
Harleen P.
18 Rolls
61 Hours
Inspiration:
Visual art from the Renaissance period in Italy has always mesmerized me. Sandro Botticelli being one of my favourite artists from this era, I really wanted to incorporate him. Two of his most popular paintings are "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera". I used these two paintings as my main inspiration while simultaneously adding my own unique touch. All of the components of the outfit are inspired from one of the two paintings. "The Birth of Venus" features a woman in a white dress with a blue flower pattern on it. The base of my dress is completely inspired by this. Flowers and vines wrap around the woman's waist, I incorporated this by putting flowers on my waist as well. "Primavera" also features a woman in a white floral dress, who is holding flowers that appear as if they could fall out of her hand at any moment. The flowers on my dress are going downwards to represent this. Additionally, That woman has flowers crowning her head, while the one next to her has flowers and vines going into her mouth. To represent this I created a flower crown that comes down and wraps into my hair. The bouquet in my hands is also to reference the flowers this woman has. "Primavera" has 3 figures in gold and translucent garments. I wanted the gold rimming of my dress to be a reference to them. Finally I put a gold flower on the center of my chest to mirror the one on Venus's (the woman in the center) chest. I added enough of my own personal touch to the dress, so that the references are not very apparent and more like a secret, so it feels more special. Lastly, I used really vibrant colours in my photos to make them have a sort of painting like feel.
