Final Display

For my final display i wanted to keep the theme of the little black dress so i had a classic silhouette of a dress for the inside. This also made it a lot easier to keep the display upright. I wrapped silver wire around the black dress (which is made of chipboard) and some wire pieces are wrapped looser then the others. This gives it more dimension and also allows for the magazines to be placed in the display (second image).

The magazines can easily rest in the wire. Also it is like the magazines are wrapped in the dress, so the display is wearing vogue, literally. 

Here's a view from the top, so you can see a bit easier how the wire is not flush with the black chipboard.

Inspiration

In vogue now are a lot of structural dresses. So for my display i wanted to morph the idea of a structural piece and a fashionable dress. The display has to be somewhat structural because it has to support itself.  My final idea is kind of a blend of wire sculpture and a dress.

This is a wire sculpture by Anthony Gormley. I was interested in this sculpture because it is a human figure that is able to stand on its own, which was a problem i kept running into.  

This dress that Lady Gaga wore to the Grammy's is pretty much how i wanted to proceed in my display. Even though her dress is a avant-garde dress it still shows how structure is fashionable. 

Ideas

So I was having difficulty trying to bring my marketing idea into the display. Just as a reminder my marketing idea is, vogue is as essential as the little black dress. So for the display purposes i altered it. But more about that later...

Since im working with wire the display is kinda tricky. The wire has to be able to support itself and not act as a slinky and flop all over the place. Originally made this:

This is nowhere near what a finished product of this would look like but thats why i stopped because i knew it would not turn out the way i wanted. This dress silhouette would be more of an hoop skirt dress and this does not represent fashion that is in vogue. I also dont see the magazines being worked in as a display.