Recycled Asian Costume: Construction Reflection

We have finished our costume :)
The fashion show rehearsal is tomorrow and the fashion show is the day after that and I am incredibly excited.

Our final product turned out very well. We made the final adjustments to the top today, and it turned out quite nicely. We had to change the way we were going to take it on and off, but it looks decent. We cut up the middle and laced it together so it would be easier for Kathy to move. After fitting the top on top of the finished skirt, it looked really good!

Kathy still has some slight trouble moving around in the skirt, but she's slowly adjusting. We tried to make the skirt a little bit easier to move in, and it worked. Kinda... One main worry is when the skirt bends, the tissue paper has a chance to rip. Hopefully the cellophane will do its job.

Now that our costume is done, all we have to look forward to is the fashion show, which I am excited for!
Hopefully, everything goes well!

Recycled Asian Costume: Construction

Today, we have completed the skirt!
Honestly, it looks really good! Somehow, through the many layers of paper and cellophane, we have managed to achieve that poof skirt, and it resembles the hanbok. Well, at least the bottom does. We kinda started the shirt, but haven't made too much progress on it. But hey, we're done with the main base of our costume.

Kathy still does have some trouble moving around in it. The main areas of concern are stairs and bending. Stairs are included in the fashion show, so hopefully we can find some way to make it easier for her to move. One main thing is that we make sure we conserve the look and the materials, but make it easier for her to move as well.

Recycled Asian Costume: Construction

Today was a very productive day! We were able to finish covering the skirt with the first precautionary layer of pink tissue paper. After finishing that, we completed garment test #1, with the results below.



There were some slight problems, but those will be easy to fix. I hope... The garment test was very useful. Now, we know exactly what we need to change at this stage in construction of the costume. So then, we won't have as many problems as we progress through the stages.

After the test, we also noticed that the first layer of tissue paper was not sturdy at all, so we covered with another layer of cellophane. We plan to add one more layer of purple tissue paper and then cover the final skirt with cellophane.

Recycled Asian Costume: Construction

Today we accomplished the very beginnings of our costume. We planned out how we would create the top on the model, and we have the basic layer of the skirt completed. The skirt design includes a large piece of white butcher paper wrapped around Kathy and duct tape straps that actually do work pretty well.

Our main worry from today is the lack of movement that is allowed from the butcher paper. As of right now, there is a slit where Kathy can move, but sooner or later that will be covered up. A possible solution to this is when we cover everything up with layers of tissue paper and cellophane, we can cut a hole in the butcher paper so Kathy can move. :)

Recycled Asian Costume: Planning and Construction

Over the weekend, I picked up some materials that we are using to construct the costume (tissue paper, crepe paper, and white duct tape).

Today, our main focus was planning the costume, and maybe some construction.
We planned out what we would do, making a construction schedule, planned the design of the hanbok, and took Kathy's measurements.

Our finalized materials are as follows:
Materials for Top: Tablecloth, crepe paper, duct tape
Materials for Skirt: Butcher paper, tissue paper, cellophane, duct tape

Recycled Asian Costume: Planning and Research

Our main goal today in class was to decide the basic design of our hanbok.
Two color combinations that we decided were acceptable were...
- Dark purple top/Navy skirt
- Aqua Top/Purple skirt
In the end, we decided that the aqua top and the purple skirt were a better combination.

Anticipated Materials
-Stretchy tablecloth for the top
-White butcher paper for the bottom layer of the skirt
-Purple tissue paper to layer for the skirt
-Clear cellophane to layer on top of the skirt
-Streamers for the bow (Plum colored)
-Paint and other items for embellishments
-Duct tape for various needs

The Korean Hanbok

Different parts of a Hanbok
Jeogori: It makes up the upper part of the hanbok.
Dongjeong: This is the white collar attached along the rim of the neckline.
Otgoreum (Cloth Strings): It is a women's ornamental piece, which hangs vertically across the front of the chima.
Baerae (Jeogori Sleeve): It refers to the lower lines of the sleeve of the jeogori.
Chima: It is the women's outer skirt.
Pattern: Traditional and graceful, with a combination of lines and colors

Our Design
Jeogori: Aqua color, made out of a stretchy, plastic tablecloth.
Chima: Purple, made out of violet tissue paper, cellophane, and layered with butcher paper.