Rodarte Adapted Safari Dress

©Liz Harrington
Model-Liz Harrington

In the fabric store, Liz and I were completely captivated by this outdated section of printed fabrics. This safari fabric stuck out as a quasi spring-print. As we were deciding what to do with the fabric, originally intending to create an oversized long sleeved shirt, we realized we were a bit short of fabric. It was then, we realized, we should just create a simple dress.
At the moment Liz was constructing her dress, I was viewing Rodarte's website, captivated by the glowing orange haired models he had chosen. I began sketching a Rodarte model, but when I got to the detail of the shirt, decided to go with an interpretation of the fabric Liz was working with. So, in a sense, we adapted a Rodarte model into our own Safari baggy dress. The painting was done with watercolor pencils and ink, and enhanced on the computer.

Rodarte's original Spring 2010 looks can be seen here.