A French physician Dr. Guillotin first proposed articles in reformation of capital punishment during the French Revolution. The National Assembly started to look for the new way of capital punishment that can end people’s life without pain no matter what class the person is. A committee was formed under a physician Antoine Louis, who came up with the idea of the guillotine. The machine was made by a German engineer Tobias Schmidt, and the first execution performed in 1792. Since the invention of guillotine has a close relationship with the French Revolution, I decided to incorporate those two themse and use “French Revolution and Guillotine” as the inspiration for my collection.
New York Public Library has a nice picture library where pictures from books and magazines are organized based on the subject. I did most of my research there. Besides the Public Library, I went to New School's Gimbel Library and found more books and images.
The collection will be women's wear. The silhouette of the garments would be created after the shape of the guillotine. Colors would have more obvious influence of the French Revolution. Color story would be built based on French tricolors; royal blue, red and white.
