folk couture

The thing that drew my attention the most was looking at bibhu mohapatras inspiration for folk art
which was the summer issue of 1994 folk art tattoo designs..
and came across a tattoo of a woman wearing a gorgeous fancy turban..
i then began to start making this turban and as i worked i thought about what it looked and reminded me of relating to fashion and folk art..so i began to think about fortune tellers and fairgrounds..
i want to investigate every single part of this i can..the history,the old fashioned,the new existing fashion for turbans and folk art,hat designers and fortune tellers..

from the ridiculous..

to the fashionable...

 

existing tattoo designs..

by this point,i was intrigued to look at different hat designers

fatima de burnay

 

Jean paul gaultier..

i got slightly carried away with looking at some of his amazing work.. the montreal museum of art..

 

He did an amazing catwalk on folk art inspired by russian decorative trimming..

also thinking about my original folk art research,the wilder man,i wanted to find some incredible hats/fascinators that are almost like a sculpture..

philip treacy 

 

 

milliner william chambers
 

                                                  

 

Chanel Haute Couture, Philip Treacy, Altuzarra, Maison Martin Margiela, Alberta Ferretti and beautiful masks by David Samuel Menkes. 

Stephen jones