I am happily underway in the designing stage of this assignment! I couldn't wait to get started so i began drawing as soon as i got home :P

I wanted to base my designs purely around Annette Kellermann because she was such an inspiration to the swimming world. Kellermann was given three gracious names, the 'Australian Mermaid', the 'Diving Venus' and the 'Perfect Woman'. To me these three names have such power and a mysterious meaning behind them which make her so intriguing. However, one particular name that was given to Kellermann stood out to me, the 'Perfect Woman'. This statement is very powerful.

When i began my designs i focused on the statement the 'Perfect Woman' and what it meant to me. Women come in all different shapes and sizes but every body is beautiful in there own way. To me, the 'Perfect Woman' has a beautiful shapely body and each curve defines her. Having that vision in my head i wanted to emphasise the stunning shapes of a womanly body.

I wanted to keep parts of the 20th century bathing suit style because that was part of our inspiration. I noticed that the necklines were continually changing and decided to have a sweetheart neckline because that would emphasis the shape of the body. I kept the bottom part of the bathing suit the same because i thought by doing that i was keeping the conservative nature the 20th century style.

I started thinking about how i could give the body more shape when they wore the swimsuit. I thought about emphasising the shoulders and hips to try and produce an hour glass shape. As i kept drawing i started to incorporate shoulder pads and played around with the different shapes and sizes. I then started drawing hip pads in different shapes and sizes and then continued to combine the two together which created that hour glass shape i wanted.

My designs are starting to come together to create the 'Perfect Body' :)