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Here we present a showcase of design examples. Samples have been picked for a variety of reasons. Most often these will be some of the artists’ favorites. We hope what we present here will give you inspiration to look around your world and design your futuristic outfits. Click on pictures for a larger picture of the designs.
To start we will just give pictures and description text. We hope to add articles about how some of these were designed. (In other words, eye candy now, details later.)
Note how the lines are kept clean so the drawing are easy to reproduce in the Future Fashion Folio. Also, in these examples it is fairly easy to determine seam lines so that people may reproduce these outfits. (Not all seam lines are drawn, but… shapes are recognizable enough to execute.)
These drawings are colorized. In Future Fashion Folios, this is generally an extra feature. Black lines on white paper are the basic submission requirements — think of an uncolored cell of hand-drawn animation.
Do not worry if your first designs do not look as precise as these. The artists presented here have been doing this work for years. Practice will help you improve both your designs and your rendering skills. Don’t be afraid to trace the base figures.
Showcase examples from F. W. Evans
The Twilight Gown
An elegant gown to celebrate the ending of day and the beginning of night. A simple long sleeved under dress of fuchsia crepe backed satin has setting sun appliqués of metallic gold and orange satin at the hem and cuffs.
The under dress is first layered with a floor length robe of a heavy red violet chiffon. Over that robe is layered a short robe of a heavy blue purple chiffon, belted with a setting sun in gold and orange that echoes the appliqués on the under dress.
Over the short robe is a hood of a heavy deep blue chiffon that covers the shoulders and chest and flows down from the back of the head like a veil. The hood and veil are studded with myriads of blue white rhinestones of varying sizes meant to represent stars.
Rhinestones are also scattered through the hair and a few on the upper surfaces of the blue purple robe.
Semi-formal dress for a female vampire
The folded back sleeves become dramatic floor length drapes of shiny back and red satin edged with gold.
Underneath is a dress of dull black crepe with sleeves and a front piece of gold spider lace, small red stones caught at the intersections. A gold headpiece, necklace and belt ornamented with blood red stones completes the outfit. A dramatic and elegant outfit for those who walk the night.
The Elements
F. W. Evans takes inspiration from the four elements to create the following evening wear.
Earth
Over a cowl neck, baggy sleeved dress of rich brown velvet is an appliquéd cape. The cape, meant to represent germinating seeds, is done in various shades and textures of greens, sparingly touched with gold and lined in dark brown. The leaf like cuffs of the dress echo the cape.
Water
Consists of a long sleeved close fitting gown of a shimmering blue. Over that is a trailing drape/wrap sewn together of iridescent white, pearl, blue, green, and pale blue and green shimmering fabrics meant to represent flowing waves. Iridescent balls and circles of white, clear, pearl and silver accentuate the drape.
Fire
Consists of a flowing, long sleeve dress of lava red lamé. Over that is a hip length jacket of black velvet edged with ashy grey. Long black velvet gloves and a head wrap echo the jacket. Like breaks in the earth’s crust inserts of lamé decorate jacket, gloves and headpiece. Rhinestones of orange, red, black and copper accentuate the inserts. A dress symbolic of the molten heart of the planet.
Air
Consists of a long sleeved flowing gown of a heavy matt white chiffon. (Several layers over a soft matt white under gown.) Over that is a quilted bolero jacket of white velveteen with pierced elbow length sleeves. The velveteen is softly airbrushed at the seam lines with blue, blue violet and violet.
Fastened to the shoulders and arms of the jacket by brushed gold clips is a flowing floor length violet chiffon drape. The headpiece, which matches the jacket, has an attached veil of blue chiffon. A filmy, floating creation meant to represent air.
Showcase Examples from Cat Devereaux
In this web site we have talked about how you don’t have to be a great artist to submit to the Future Fashion Design contests. I’m going to share some of my designs that just use basic templates, that prove the point. I like to tweak basic styles of dress for a future look or use. Hair and accessories count too.
-Cat Devereaux-
College Student’s Tunic and Skirt
Parents sending their children off-world to college in the future have much more control than in past centuries. The restricted credit card this student was issued assures that she continues to dress conservatively as befits a representative of their planet. The parents consider the straight mid-thigh black skirt with the high-necked orange tunic appropriate, though the bright yellow sash is a bit radical.
The student has chosen the same recourse as many of her fellow classmates. The lighting bracelets and earrings were earned for doing another classmate’s term paper. Scissors and red and yellow acrylic paints needed for ‘art class’ trim the outfit. The top is twisted a few times to fit the body better. The discarded sleeves become fashionable leggings.
Just wait until papa sees the yearbook.
Category: Students
Inspiration: Going shopping with mother
Queen of Hearts
This stage outfit is for Patricia A. McKillip’s Fool’s Run. The character is Michele Viridian, know though out the solar system as the famous and mysterious cuber (futurist drummer), the Queen of hearts. She always wears mask-like gold face paint. Her long wild hair is rose-colored, heavily glittered and pinned with a scattering of black heart pins. He stage outfit is a combination of sexy glitz and practicality, allowing for the extreme range of movement she must have. The satin bodice is crimson, black and rose. the heart trim is edged with black piping. The black, glitter lace sleeves and split skirt are edged with rose sequins. She wears a wide placed lace ruff on her neck and smaller ones on her wrists. Her high strapped crimson shoes are rhinestone-studded and edged in hearts. The cube sticks and her nails are rose to match her hair.
This costume is not actually described in the book, only hinted at and left to the reader’s imagination. This design is based on the descriptions from the book and numerous examples of the Queen of Hearts in card decks.
“The budging bag over her shoulder was about to overflow with odd things” black lace, red satin, the rhinestone-studded heal of a show, a pair of rose-colored cube-sticks. Her face winked in the light, glittering from her hair caught in the lustrous mask of paint that was so smoothly and richly gold… She shook her head: heart-pins slid and clung; a black crinoline collar dropped out of her bag… a shoe dropped… the rhinestones glittered wildly… She tucked the she back into her bag, her face hidden behind the long rippling, rose-colored hair.”
–Patricia A. McKillip, Fool’s Run
Categories: Performer, Book Inspired
Inspiration: Fool’s Run
Virtual Reality: The Flamer
Virtual reality games are no longer tied to clunky machines in malls. Now the computers will fit on a belt buckle. Groups can play together though radio communications. VR suits are tight fitting with wires running down the legs and across the arms to gloves where each finger is wired. Because teens will often continue to play during their regular activities, there are rules that insist that VR kids wear protective clothing including helmets and pads for knees and elbows.
The added safety requirements haven’t created a geeky look. Instead the kids have designed whole outfits around their handles.
This is an outfit for a teen who’s handle is “the Flamer.” The suit is orange with red gloves, boots, helmet and belt. The sun-shaped waist belt computer and pads are yellow, orange and red, outlined in gold piping. Her control wires are also covered with gold trim. The flame streaks on the helmet are orange while the antennae are covered in dayglow yellow with gold tips.
Category: Teen, sports wear, electronic accessories
Inspiration: Modern skateboarders and the new safety rules.
Egyptian Inspired
This set of design examples all were based on a common theme: Egyptian Style. I selected symbols and statues from the Tutankhamen exhibit and then selected a use for the clothing – whether it be club wear or performance dance and then created these outfits.
-Cat Devereaux-
Retro-Egyptian Club Wear
Party like an Egyptian! Joining the latest fad. This girl’s clubbing outfit’s highlight is a yellow-gold corset with a delicate feather motif. It is edged with accents of lapis, dark gold and jade. Her headband follows the same pattern. The traditional belt has been transformed into a quilted, layered skirt with chevron patterns of turquoise and sky blue. The skirt rises provocative on the sides.
The long skirt and blouse look deceptively modest but they are constructed of ultra-shear crystal pleated white silk so she may show her legs to their best advantage.
Detailed cobra heads decorate her golden sandals and headband. Her rings are a scarab. Her necklace pendent a large ankh.
Category: Teen Wear
Dance of the Ancients – King Tutankhamen’s Spirit
Paying homage to the ancient earth home, the Stellar Travelers’ new show begins with the rising of King Tut. The bare-chested dancer wears a kilt of pale iridescent blue edged in gold with a wide carnelian-colored belt and lapis beads. A gold-beaded ankh appliqué dominates the center lapis panel. The second is coral and the third carnelian-colored. The edges are heavily beaded in a chevron pattern to keep the kilt weighed down during his wild dance. His blue and gold headdress and multi-colored collar are reminiscent of the designs from the royal coffin.
His oversized flail and crook are used in his wild “staff” dance when he welcomes the sun. His anklets are covered in gold hieroglyphics promising life.
Category: Performance dance, couple
Dance of the Ancients – The Goddess Isis
Isis dances King Tutankhamen to life arrayed in living colors. As is often the case, her outfit is less historic, designed so to appeal to the audiences. Skirt and twisted halter top of pale, iridescent green pleated fabric leave her stomach bare. Her ultra-shear sky blue cape is attached to beaded collar and bracelets edged in gold braid, so she may twirl wildly to summon forth the dead. The skirt is edged in dark green with gold piping and hieroglyphics.
Her sashes are darker green shot though with gold threads. Ends are decorated in beads of lapis and carnelian in a chevron pattern. The eternal life scarab is incorporated into her sashes and jewelry.
Her simplified headdress is feathered chevrons, golden sun disks and a jeweled cobra.
Category: Performance dance, couple
Novitiate to the Temple of the Vulture Goddess
The new cult of Nekhabet grows in power. Joining the priesthood takes years of training in ancient ritual. The young girl wears a pleated white dress wrapped high under the bust in the traditional manner.
Her linen aba is painted in the form of a fledgling vulture. The small feathers are coral and carnelian. The secondary feathers are turquoise and the primaries are lapis. The tail feathers are variegated blue from turquoise in the center to dark lapis on the edge.
She wear a heavy, beaded necklace of with large weighted mosaic pendants in the eternal lotus pattern. Her gold headdress features the head of the vulture with ruby eyes. Her ceremonial wig is intricately braided.
Category: Ceremonial/Religious Garb