Lamp Cover

Here is an image of my lamp cover which I flipped upside down. I wanted to illustrate a wedge silhouette, which is the opposite of an a-line silhouette. Instead the greater width is in the upper body than lower, like a "V" shape. I used a design from Louis Vuittton Spring 2011 to demonstrate how a wedge silhouette looks like. As you can see, the sleeves emphasis the width in the upper body and it narrows down, completing the v-shape form. With this particular shape, it is commonly seen in blazers and padded shoulders tops. 

Sculpture from Charlotte Museum

Another silhouette I wanted to share is the bell silhouette. The image in the center is an art sculpture or vase that I take at Charlotte Art Museum in 2008. The shape of this sculpture widens around the mid-point, which defines a bell silhouette. To the left of the sculpture is a design from Alexander McQueen Spring 2011 collection and on the other sides is Oscar de la Resort 2011. Both dresses depict the fullness in hip and falling straight towards the floor.  

Shadows

The photo to the left are shadows of tree branches and a large window frame that I took on a wall. It goes well with Dries Van Noten Fall 20ll RTW design. I wanted to illustrate the arrangement of shapes in patterns they both depict. I like how the window frame creates a separation, which makes it orderly but at the same it is random. The same can be seen in Dries Van Noten dress from the different fabric print that are combined next to each other. This mix-matching structure also displays a separation between each organic and random patterns.

Lamp Post

I was walking around campus and I noticed the structure of this lamp post (image above). It reminded me of a straw hat. Therefore, I took a picture of it and found a straw hat from Eugenia Kim Straw Hats: Honey. Even though the lamp post is not round like the straw hat, it has a similar resembles of a full crown; the part that is extended and creates a shade. The quality of both shape express an attitude towards the pressure and weight, which influences the balance of the structure.  

So what is shape?

Shape can be described in varies way, such as, the boundary, surface, and interior. A shape has a certain size and occurs in space. It has a relationship of proportion to other things around it and if there are multiple shapes in a form. Then there are various relationship created between them.

-FreakenFashion