After some thought I decided to use the theme of 'the revealed and the concealed'.This was a theme tacked by the matric class ahead of mine. I had a few friends in the art class and was intrigued by what they came up with .
I already had pre-pleated fabric and decided to use that and make a high-waisted floor length skirt from it. I kept the deigns simple and clean with no added extras. The representation of me is the symbolized in various
The top layer of fabric has pleating and is visible to all. A hint on the under layer can be seen. People who don't know me well but they can see that I'm a layered person and that there is a softer center behind my 'nothing bothers me' front.
On the sides of the skirt there is a pleat that hides two hidden panels on either side. This shows that even on the top most level of my personality there all thing that I keep to myself unless I choose to reveal it.
The elasticated waistband is attached to both the top and under layer of the skirt. It was cut mostly to size with a small amount of give. This shows that my ways and mean are in constant flex. And that my personality can change in small amounts.
The under layer was purposely sewn on with the wrong side visible and with the seams left raw and unfinished. My friends and the people I allow in to my life are the only ones that can see through the sarcastic and witty front I put up. They see a truer version of me. They see the raw and unpolished me.
The inset in the underskirt is my way of showing that even though the people closes to see a truer me. There are still pieces of myself that I keep hidden.
I left the hem uneven and unfinished to show that I'm a person who is still growing and evolving.
I'm not quiet finished. I've still got a long a too go but at least this project has started my on my road to that growth.
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