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DESIGN OF THE MONTH
IVORY WRAP TIE DRESS
Photography Michael Burgan
Designer Michael Burgan
Model Zitlaly Garcia
I thought it was impossible to actually get bored of
shooting pretty girls in bikinis. I was wrong. After
sewing what felt like hundreds of bikinis for my clients
fashion show i decided to take a break and take on
some more personal projects. Since my end goal is to
design bridal i decided to practice a new dress design.
Not quite a wedding dress but something that might
look amazing as a bridesmaids dress on a casual beach
wedding.
The design was pretty straight forward but i included
a six foot neck strap so i would have plenty of
fabric to wrap in multiple ways. I ignored the urge to
buy pure white fabric and opted for an eggshell. It photographs
better. All the details show up. Yet in this case
the details were few. I kept the design to a minimum because
i wanted lots of contrast with the all the complex
environments i was going to shoot it in. I decided to
break it up into two shoots. One in a botanical gardens
and the other in uptown charlotte.
The city shoot was the most exciting for me.
It was the first time i got the satisfaction of seeing my
design on a real person. My model was Zitlaly from
Statesville NC. Petite and very feminine which i love.
We shot near the Mint Museum. That five block radius