The shirt project brief was to take a plain white shirt and manipulate it using heavy metal as my inspiration, and metalics as my colour theme. I turned my shirt upside down and removed the sleeve sections.
Side view- I stitched a silver chain to the top of the armhole
which when worn is draped over the arm.
Front view- I used gold iron on studs which are on the bottom of the shirt
The overlapped sleeve section is embellished completely with metallic buttons and beads.
Back view- the back of my manipulated shirt started as a shirts centre front, so I took out
the buttons and added an interfacing to thicken the 'now' centre back section so it could
support and hold the eyelets I added. I threaded ribbon through the eyelets and created
a corset style back. I also used iron on studs on the back.
Embellished section- This section was created using the shirt sleeves I removed
at the beginning of the manipulation. I stitched the two sleeve sections together and used
wadding and interfacing to create a thick and semi-stiffened over-the-shoulder section for
my shirt. I embellished this section completely using gold mosaic pieces, metalic buttons and beads.
It was a timely and tiring process, but it left the shirt with a striking and very unique look.
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