Colleen Atwood

Colleen Atwood designed the dresses for Tim Burton 'Alice in wonderland', she looked at how Alice has changed from a little girl to a young woman. she says " Lewis Caroll's own drawings, of which there aren't very many and they're quite simple. As Alice went through various eras, there's classic references for them. Because this is so different from what people are going to expect -- Alice isn't a ten-year-old girl, she's a young woman -- there's a nod to the classical need for that."  SABRAMOVITCH (2009). Alice in Wonderland Costumer Colleen Atwood. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.movieline.com/2009/11/24/alice-in-wonderland-costumer-colleen-atwood-its-going-to-be-amazing/. [Last Accessed 13 march 2012].

Colleen Atwood has taken influence from Lewis Caroll's illustrations for Alice while designing the famous blue dress she wears. Colleen Atwood said that she had to design for a young women not a child. while thinking about this she designed a dress for a more older girl with buttons down the front, she also took the corset out for a more lose fitting. the dress comes just above her ankles. there is also no pinafore. i like how this dress goes in at the waist as it makes the hips look bigger this is relevant as its all about size, also the way the dress falls over her breast and joins at the waist is in the slight shape of a heart for the red queen and  then the skirt falls in the shape of a mushroom head she also has puffed out sleeves that are similar to the tops of mushrooms.

i like this design as it is simple and classic but you can get a lot of  information out of it.