'Stained Glass' Swimsuit

After several disastrous attempts to design a bra inspired by stained glass I gave up and tried a swimsuit instead, and for some unknown reason that idea seemed to work when the bra so clearly hadn't. I have no idea why, but the bra I tried to design several times really did look awful. I have the sketches to prove it.

Anyway, here is the more successful swimsuit. The style is taken from a lovely 1930s swimsuit that I saw in a book a couple of years ago, but that one was yellow. This design has the top and bottom connected by a brown plastic ring which matches the edging on the swimming costume. The bottom half of the swimming costume is a little less revealing than the average modern day swimming costume, which, I personally think is quite nice.

The design is inspired by stained glass, and the piece that I was using as inspiration was pretty much impossible to do justice to. It is a triptych designed by Joaquim Mir called El Gorg Blau, and it is unbelievably stunning, with glass almost every colour of the rainbow. As such I've just taken some of the colours and shapes and used them in this design with deep brown lines outlining each shape in the way that stained glass is outlined. This is the result.

I hope you liked this design, it is part of my 'Designs Inspired by Art' project. For more designs check back here next week or visit my special occasion wear blog at www.bronzedalebridaldesigns.blogspot.co.uk 

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