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Designers Inspired by the Glamour in MoviesThe Star Designer Awards 2005 provided the impetus for fashion students to explore new possibilities in designing glamorous evening wear, with one even opting to use coconut fibre.
Student Gan Boon Leong said, "Tom Hanks in Castaway was my inspiration, although he hardly wore anything fashionable, the organic aspect of his costume gave me new ideas to work with."
His entry was one of eight from Carven Academy of Fashion. The competition was themed Fashion Inspired By Movies and Film Stars.
Alexandra Yeo on the other hand chose a completely different setting. Motivated by her love for music she created gowns that were influenced by the 17th century period movie, Amadeus.
"I just love the style of that era, with the beautiful patterns the women used to wear; it was very glamorous." said the Raffles design student who plans to work as an illustrator for designers in the country.
Given only a month to complete their work, Justin Yap Beng Kwan said, "We had to work fast, from coming up with ideas to getting it onto paper.
"Individually, we had to design five pieces and our lecturers really helped in streamlining our initial ideas," he said.
Citing Carven Ong, his principal as an influence, he said that his work was more pragmatic and therefore more saleable.
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