Architecture and Design Behind Creativity

Abstract

In this communication is presented a female fashion collection to the autumn/winter season which result of the rapprochement between the design of clothing, fashion and architecture in all its monumentality, history, culture and art. The imagination of this whole environment and proximity between the architecture and clothing, that the result is more than satisfactory, awakened from a big event worldwide, in the past year of 2007. The election of the 7 Wonders of the Portugal and the new 7 Wonders of the World the event that really caused impact around world. The fruits collected were six outfits which breathe the sophistication, elegance, finesse and distinction, influenced by the royalty archi- tecture. Allied to the aesthetics, functionality and balance, resulting from the application of design in all its essence. The fashion clothing design is one of the highest vulnerable areas of the design in gener- al, always searching for innovation and creativi- ty, chosen of imaginative and rich themes for Ana Cristina Broega / Silvia Ma Fernandes (Portugal) inspiration. The past year of 2007 was the elec- tion of the new 7 Wonders of the World a event that really caused impact around world. Taking advantage of this event, it has proposed by Clothing Design Subject the creation of a fash- ion collection for woman. For this theme, as the element of inspiration, was used the monu- ments candidates to Wonder of Portugal, the Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa. The aim of this col- lection is to use the monumental architecture as tool of inspiration for clothing design. This sub- ject provides forms that adapted to the body offer new ways to interpret the silhouette and volumetric lines. The colours palette, the selec- tion of materials, silhouettes and patterns were also inspired in trends for the autumn/winter season, 07/08. This project resulted on a cre- ative collection, with harmony and full of mean- ing, which reflects the monumental architecture, but above all, reveals the increasingly close relationship between the design and architec- ture, contemporaneous or monumental.