When I was younger I loved to draw I wasn't very good but hey what child is an artist at first. I had so many dreams about being an author and illustrator when I was in kindergarden so I started drawing pictures. Mostly of princesses since I LOVE fariy tales. I was always drawing for my aunt and she'd always tell me that they we're beautiful so I never stopped. Eventually, like all career dreams mine changed once I got to middle school. I wanted to be a fashion designer and wanted to go to art school. sadly, when it came time to apply for colleges my parents couldn't send me to the art school because it was too pricey and being a fashion designer wasn't a practical career. Discouraged I stopped drawing all together cause it wasn't going to happen. That is until my boyfriend bought me a sketch book and wanted me to start drawing again because he saw how happy he made me. Since then I haven't been able to stop drawing I even became more open about it and started posting on social media and showing my family. I got tons of requests to design wedding gowns and quincenera dresses from members of my family. It's crazy to think all this started back when I was a five year old girl dreaming of the world.
So lets begin! First off I name all my dresses because their like my own little dolls, or babies. Each one is carefully thought out from color to name, to design. This little doll is named Cora. It first started out like a wedding dress white, and pure. I wanted it to have some sexiness along with it making Cora more form fitting, yet a little girly. So I made Cora with ruffled detailing and I gave her a little bow belt. When I showed my boyfriend he suggested that Cora have a little more color since it wasn't regal like a wedding dress should be... MEN! Taking his opinion I colored Cora pink. In a way Cora's design was similar to my own style. She is simple yet girly kind of like my style, hence the bow. If you knew me you'd know that I absolutely adore bows. I also find the similarity to my style with the pink since pink is my favorite color. I decided to name her Cora because I felt like the same was bold yet simple at the same time. I also got inspired by one of the episodes in Once Upon a Time by a character named Cora. It was an episode called The Millers Daughter. A young daughter of a drunken miller started out as an innocent girl wanting to become royal because the elite treated her terriably and her home life style was awful. She wore this red dress and crashed a ball to become the princes suitor. This dress inspired me and no the dresses are not technically the same but the story and the fashion spoke to me. Thus, Cora was born.
No comments:
Post a Comment