This is an image of the historical garment I chose from Te Papa's collection which I began to contemporise in terms of Technology. 

 

Reference: Wedding dress, 1894. Gift of Miss C Rothwell 1982. Retrieved (August 2015) from http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/51883

This is an image of the lace details on the Wedding dress pictured above. I chose to look at the lace in terms of the technology and decided to lasercut my own lace. However, as I do not particularly like lace, I decided to cut out the letters "notlace" as a humourous alternative. 

 

Reference: Wedding dress, 1894. Gift of Miss C Rothwell 1982. Retrieved (August 2015) from http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/51883

Laying out the fabric for the skirt

Laser cutting the fabric.

Laser cutting the fabric.

Sample of the laser cut "lace."

This is a photo of the final as well as others below. 

After shooting the photoshoot of my outfit, we were required to create a postcard with both the historical and contemporary garments on it. We then gave this postcard back to Te Papa as a thank you for letting us use their collections as inspiration.

This is the back of the postcard.