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Underneath our nice, friendly facades, there is great unease. The aim is to scratch below the surface and own the other side of the story. The concept of conscious and unconscious feelings, thoughts, and perceptions related to body and physical appearance and how clothes play an important role in that is what comprises the gist of the project. The idea is to use caricatures as a satirical form of expression of the body and in the process, defying the perceived ‘ideal construct’ of the body and emphasising on the understated elements of a garment which makes it a whole. People live their lives in bodies thus, understanding how they experience embodiment is crucial to understand the quality of life.
Throughout life, appearance is an important part of the self-concept. We as a culture , as a society are obsessed with size and it becomes connected to our identity as people.The thing that needs to be understood is that physical beauty is superficial, once we get past the physical beauty,on the surface, there needs to be more, so much more substantial and lasting. The whole idea of the Ideal body isn’t a new concept which has gained momentum not only with the advancement of mass media, there has been several more mediums through which these visuals were generated that conveyed a strong message of the ideal image. These constituted the role of magazines, books, newspapers and more or less the role of paintings and inscriptions from the earlier times which further added up to our perception of beauty, leaving women in constant pursuit of the ‘ideal’. Reflecting on the ideals imposed upon us, the definition of the standardized body image has been evolving ever since It’s all about celebrating individuality and acknowledging the mould that all of us have been put in organically as something that makes us , US.
CONCEPT
INITIAL SKETCHES TO UNDERSTAND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
AIM :-CREATING A SATIRE AROUND BODY IMAGE AND THE ROLE OF CLOTHING IN IT. - CHALLENGING THE CLASSICS -DEFYING THE ‘IDEAL’ PROPORTION VISUAL ILLUSION Visual Illusion is an incorrect perception of what a person is seeing. What we see does not fit with the properties of the object we are viewing. A visually perceived image that is deceptive or misleading . The aim is to defy the predictability of the nature of a garment, mocking the neglected details and overwhelming the viewer or the wearer to identify with the the minutest of the details which otherwise are understated.
55CHARACTERS CHARACTERS
Keywords: -Drama -Emphasis -Contrast -Proportions -Satire -Illusion BODY TYPE
PHYSICALITY
what defines that character?
OUTER LAYER
PERSONALITY TRAITS
-Introvert/extrovert -How emotive are they? -How do they approach power,ambition,love and change?
-Build What is the setting? -Distinguishing fetures -Prefered outfit is every character a protagonist in their -Any accessory assoicated with them own specific setting? -Distinguishing Mannerisms -Posture Sense of humor? -Their Walk -Speech Pattern
RATIO UNDERTAKEN TO UNDERSTAND BODY TYPES: SHOULDER : CHEST: WAIST: HIP
I took inspiration from the people around me and found really interesting body proportions to start off with. Since in caricatures too, there is a live inspiration, there is exaggeration and/or over simplification around various parts of the character to bring out the exact message. it is more like exaggerating the part which you want to emphasize the most on. I took five such people with varying proportions, height,complexions and tried analysing their proportions through measurements which then helped me sketch out their basic skeleton of what their body looks like i further added layers to that skeleton to bring out the character of those people. To understand the shape and form better, I further took the proportions and created an assembled and dismantled proportion figures with emphasis on the joints. This also made me realise that there could be n number of permutation and combination of a body type, since the moud that we all have been put in isnt uniform.
STAGE - 1
COLLAGE OF FEW OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS
RANGE PLAN + COLOR BOARD
CHARACTER SHEET - 1
HEIGHT : 5”4 CHEST: 32” WAIST: 30” HIP: 32”
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THE NEW D A R D
Extension of the proportion of a basic T-shirt in order to make look like a crop top with elongated sleeves having emphasis on the joints being given a spring look as if it has dismantled and given a lean look.
ACTUAL PROPORTION EXAGGERATED PROPORTION
standard croquis
improvised one!
SKINNY
MUCH??
DETAILS
SPEC DRAWING OF THE ENSEMBLE
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15” 58”
32”
ABOUT
Through this look i am trying to depict an extremely skinny rectangular body type. The ensemble consistes of a Dungaree with a T-shirt with exaggerated sleeves. The idea behind giving a spring element on the joints is to give a feel of dismantled joints that would extend the whole proportion considering the image that we associate with skinny people that they would just fall off when touched because the general perception is that we associate a weak, lousy, and almost a dead look with a skinny person. The intentional play with the fall of dungaree’s flap is to depict what is going on inside the person with reference to what is generally assumed about him/ her and taking a dig at skinny shaming.
About LOOK i
CHARACTER SHEET - ii 3
HEIGHT : 5”5 CHEST: 32” WAIST: 32” HIP: 42”
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THE NEW D A R D
BIGBIGBIG
Played with the proportions of a basic hoodie. Elongated the length of it and to create volume around the hip by gathering the hem. I also exaggerated the scale of drawstrings and extended it to the back and used it as an element to describe the part i wanted to emphasize on.
ACTUAL PROPORTION EXAGGERATED PROPORTION
standard croquis
improvised one!
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SPEC DRAWING OF THE ENSEMBLE
ABOUT
19
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DETAILS
42” 42”
TYPO ON FANNY PACKS
The idea here was to depict an extreme pear shaped body type, where the chest and waist are almost same in proportion but there is high contrast in hip measurement with reference to the above parameters.
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The idea behind the emsemble of an exaggerated hood that now turns into a dress, where the gathered hem is placed around the knee which is adding volume around the hip region. I have tried to play with the elements of a basic hoodie like exaggerating the hood and conveying the message through scaled up drawstring that looks like a tape running through the entire thing which has typo on it that conveys briefly what part of the body i am trying to talk about.
About LOOK ii
CHARACTER SHEET - 3
HEIGHT : 4”11 CHEST: 36” WAIST: 28” HIP: 36”
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THE NEW D A R D
For this ensemble i took a basic pencil skirt and a t-shirt and tried to build around the proportions to obtain an houglass figure.
ACTUAL PROPORTION EXAGGERATED PROPORTION
standard croquis
improvised one!
DON‛T
STAR
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SPEC DRAWING OF THE ENSEMBLE
ABOUT The look has been designed for an hourglass body type with an emphasis on the bust and the hip area. The typo also takes a dig around the slangs and comments being raised around bust sizes and how it is mocked. The look consists of a top and a skirt with exaggerated sides.
About LOOK iii
CHARACTER SHEET - 4
HEIGHT : 6”0 CHEST: 35” WAIST: 30” HIP: 32”
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THE NEW D A R D
ACTUAL PROPORTION EXAGGERATED PROPORTION
standard croquis
improvised one!
SPEC DRAWING OF THE ENSEMBLE
DETAILS
ABOUT The Look is basically created to depict an inverted triangle body type but with contrasting proportions than how we associate masculinity with. Broad shoulder but with extreme lean or slendrical body is what is being depicted here.T hats the reason why it is more like an androgenous look to also depict a male/female with quite a strong feminine/masculine side to it. I have kept the entire look black with highlights of colors which are running through the collection so that it blends the whole thing together.
About LOOK iv
CHARACTER SHEET - v 3
HEIGHT : 5’8 CHEST: 32” WAIST: 26” HIP: 34”
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THE NEW D A R D
For creating emphasis on the waist, I experimented with the proportions of a short jacket and boot leg pants. The idea was to create buzz around the cinched waist so in order to make it look like an extremely thin waist, i extended the shoulders and the hem of the trouser so that the contrast is easily visible around the waist.
ACTUAL PROPORTION EXAGGERATED PROPORTION
standard croquis
improvised one!
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DETAILS
SPEC DRAWING OF THE ENSEMBLE
15”
ABOUT
23”
The Look has been created to take a dig at the ‘ideal’ body type which is almost a size 0 according to societal standards. The body type being talked in here is a normal pear shaped which is almost considerd to be an ‘ideal’ construct. But the emphasis is placed around the waist to comment upon the structure that used to be achieved through corsets , the compression and boundation of the body to bring to a scaled down version of it. To create an emphasis around the waist, i have extended the shoulder and flared the trouser so that the contrast becomes visible and the focus goes on the waist of the wearer.
About LOOK v