This morning we had a midterm critique for our Couture Craftmanship class project “Sensations” which will be sent in to the lace contest La fédération de la Dentelle et de la Broderie arranges next year. I had two ideas and one of them was a haute couture iphone cover and I wanted to show it to you.
Inspiration pictures from Alexander McQueen Couture collection Fall 2013
The theme was “Sensations”, which can be interpreted as the five senses and the reactions we have from them. I thought about our everyday life and that a lot of our sensations and impressions come from the smartphone and what happens on the screen.
I wanted to make a packaging for the iphone more beautiful and saw a gap in the couturiers collections. They do fantastic creations in clothes and bags but I haven’t found a couturier phone. 
In this class we’ve done a lot of experiments with lace and foil, resin and silicone finishes which is very interesting.
It may look tiny but many many hours goes into a small embroidery like this. BUT! This couture iphone idea was actually not very much liked by the jury. Sometimes a good idea isn’t good enough. So I will continue with my other idea of the music and I will show you the results when the project is due. It’s a hard knock life in the fashion industry 😉