The volcanic planet species in my imagination are the seat of militaristic power. Their spaceships and weaponry are the most advanced and they are feared in the galaxy. Their might makes it so that no serious war ever happens. No other planet would be willing to lose a war to this species, and with their position in Galactic Matriarchy, they make it their duty to keep the galaxy safe and prosperous, so you can be sure they will be there to fight if a war ever breaks out. Their fashion is more polished and tailored, due to the militaristic nature of their species. Here is my process for the volcanic design:
I had started by draping a regular tailored jacket. I added style lines and dimensions to certain parts of the design to add drama and futurism. I had made the collar tall, the shoulders spiked, the bottom of the jacket a subtle high-low from front to back, and the style lines are geometric and sharp.
I had made a muslin sample to make sure the corners sewn correctly making the rest of the pattern pieces match up. After that, I had concluded I was ready to go with the actual fabric. I had chosen 2 iridescent taffetas. The colors I chose were red, black, and grey/silver, to symbolize volcanoes. One fabric was red and black, the other was grey and black. I had used both sides of the red and black tafetta, and either side of the grey tafetta was the same percentage of grey to black ratio of iridescence. I had decided to challenge myself and make the jacket reversible, not JUST putting in a lining. My brain hurt so much trying to think about how to do this for the first time ever. The reversed side was grey with the black side of the red tafetta showing off a nice subtle shimmer of red.
I had sewn everything and forgot to pattern make the sleeves. I think, unconsciously, I had avoided it knowing it would be the most different pattern I have ever made. I have been only taught and only endeavored into very basic patterns that are just very easy to do and don’t require thinking about shape and drape. being that the shoulders were spiked, I had to think long and hard on how to make the pattern. I had walked my tape along the armhole and continued along an imaginary line where a regular armhole WOULD be. From the shoulder edge of that imaginary AH, I had measured up to where the spike was sitting. I had increased the height of the cap on the pattern, and continued to adjust the shape added above the cap to fit the rest of the AH at the top. I successfully made a pattern that fit in the first go as you can see on the right. I was very proud of myself then!
This is the final product of the jacket alone. This had taken me 30 hours to do spread across 2 weeks. The largest amount of time spent was on pattern making and making sure landmarks match up and thinking a lot. I had also draped a cowled tank top out of a sparkly spacey lycra, and pants made out of stretchy pleather that were pattern made using an apple peel cut creating ridges on the outseam side of the pants.
Here is me in drag wearing the pants and lycra tank. I unfortunately do not have pictures of my models wearing the knit tank and the pants.
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