Wedding Dresses from Toilet Paper!

For our wedding dresses from toilet paper, we were told to create a wedding dress with the basic regular toilet paper! Our job was to create them as if a stranger were to come in and not notice it was made from toiler paper. We would to create this design using texture, volume, lines, and form. At the beginning we were told to write down ideas and draw our design (with our groups of 3-4), to get an idea on where to start. Next, we got together around the mannequin to start applying the paper, and folding, wrinkling, and manipulating the toilet paper. From their we started building our way up to designing and applying lines, volume, etc.

While we were in the making of our foundation, we had about a million ideas on where we wanted to go, but we just couldn't get to figure out a unique one. Our ultimate goal for the wedding dress design was to appear elegant and seductive, but yet simple. So that was basically how we got into more ideas. We knew what we wanted in the bottom, which was a small train, layered, and neatly folded. The only thing i believe we struggled the most was the top. We didn't really know what to go for and when we did, another group had already started creating that design. Which made it more difficult for us. In the end we all decided to created a 5 layered fold along the waist to the breast on each side creating a "V" and a started braided that went along the back crossed sides, creating an "X". With that design we also made it appear for the side breast to show, which completed our look. 

In the end, I learned many skills as a designer and partner. I noticed that you need to include others input because every and any idea is important. I also learned that things will never come out as expected and it might come out better or worst and you just have to embrace it and learn to fix it or not. Also, I learned that you cannot make everyone like your taste because everyone is unique. Overall, this was a very fun and creative project, that taught me many traits like communication, patience, and teamwork.