Red and Black Spanish Style dress

Barker College

Sophie Allen


"Taking inspiration from the Spanish Flamenco dress, my Major Textiles Project is an elegant formal evening dress, comprised of a corset bodice, trumpet skirt and tiered flounces. The colour and movement provided by the flounces emphasize elements of this traditional Spanish festival outfit, the traje de flamenca."

Images of Work

"The flounces on my dress were cut in alternating red and black shantung satin, and then attached to the trumpet skirt by inserting into the skirt at graduated measured spacings. They are finished with matching organza bias trim."

"The flower motifs were laser cut from red & black shantung satin and shot organza and then hand stitched to the bodice with beaded centres. They provided visual balance to the flounces of the skirt, and complemented the colour scheme of the dress."

Select Student Folio Pages

The pages selected for each project reflect the individual students' interpretations of the syllabus guidelines for the MTP. Each student should develop their folio according to the guidelines, relating to their own individual project. This may result in a variety of presentation styles, numbers of sketches and/or experiments.