I then drew the structure of a dress with a bustle that was a lot like the one from the V and A. I drew it in pencil as I felt that this was the best way to show the structure and shading on the dress.

The first image I’ve drawn is a biro drawing of a box of string. I drew string because at the time I was thinking about the structure of the bustle and how it was made I was also thinking about the pattern that the string can make as they intertwine with one another. I used biro to create this picture as I thought that the quality of the biro would best represent the texture of the string.

I then began focussing on the bustle of the dress and its structure. As well as spending time looking a natural form and the way in which things are made.

Over the summer holidays I visited the V and A and spent some time researching a dress I found by Charles Frederick Worth. I made a gallery sheet containing my thoughts and opinions on the dress which I have used as a starting point for my project.

I took inspiration from the images I took of it and began photographing things that reminded me of it and drew them.