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Design of the month<br />
Wrap tie Dress<br />
I thought it was impossible<br />
to actually get bored of<br />
shooting pretty girls in bikinis.<br />
I was wrong. After sewing what<br />
felt like hundreds of bikinis for<br />
my clients fashion show i decided<br />
to take a break and take on some<br />
more personal projects. Since<br />
my end goal is to design bridal i<br />
decided to practice a new dress<br />
design. Not quite a wedding dress<br />
but something that might look<br />
amazing as a bridesmaids dress<br />
on a casual beach wedding.<br />
The design was pretty<br />
straight forward but i included<br />
a six foot neck strap so i would<br />
have plenty of fabric to wrap<br />
in multiple ways. I ignored the<br />
urge to buy pure white fabric and<br />
opted for an eggshell. It photographs<br />
better. All the details show<br />
up. Yet in this case the details<br />
were few. I kept the design to a<br />
minimum because i wanted lots<br />
of contrast with the all the complex<br />
environments i was going<br />
to shoot it in. I decided to break<br />
it up into two shoots. One in a<br />
botanical gardens and the other in<br />
uptown charlotte.<br />
The city shoot was the<br />
most exciting for me. It was the<br />
first time i got the satisfaction of<br />
seeing my design on a real person.<br />
My model was Zitlaly from<br />
Statesville NC. Petite and very<br />
feminine which i love. We shot<br />
near the Mint Museum. That five<br />
block radius is like a photographic<br />
utopia for me. there is every<br />
shade a brick, an asian garden,<br />
even a urban waterfall all right<br />
there. The urban planning in charlotte<br />
is simply breathtaking.<br />
So often when i’m shooting<br />
i need to constantly be mindful<br />
not to get mess up the dress.<br />
Especially a bride’s wedding<br />
dress. So for the second shoot i<br />
wanted to get messy on purpose<br />
since the dress was mine. Finally<br />
we could ignore grass stains and<br />
lay across rocks and all that jazz.<br />
That time i used Icela Stallings.<br />
She still had that same feminine<br />
vibe as Zitlay but she also had<br />
enough tom boy in her to get<br />
dirty. That trait got her a lot of<br />
brownie points with me. I think i<br />
may use her for my next trash the<br />
dress session.<br />
Overall i’m pleased with<br />
this new design. I’m going to<br />
build on it. Add some lace and<br />
maybe make it longer with a bold<br />
side split. The possibilities are<br />
endless.<br />
Photographer Michael Burgan<br />
Designer Michael Burgan<br />
Model
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