Finshed garment

For the event at Hotspur House lighting and the location of my garment were key element in its final presentation. I chose a spot up against a cream door, the colour of the door was perfect. The cream did not take away from the garment and helped with the general mood of it. The door was slightly inset in the wall and created some amazing shadows when the lights were put on it. I used one of the large lights, and had it lower pointing up at the garment to create shadows against the wall.
For the lighting to work at its prime we had to wait until the evening to take pictures, and when we help the event. When we turned all of the lights off, we could control the lighting completely to get the exact look and mood.
I had originally set it up beside a grate covering a window, up against a piece of white fabric. But this location did not work well with it, the sharp white looked weird with the piece (because even the white fabric was more off-white than pure white).
I chose a mannequin with the bodice hanging from a steel rod. The dark colour of the metal and yellowish colour of the bodice worked well with the piece, and personally I liked the unconventional look of it.

 above images of the first location

above images of secondary and final location of garment