The gown and corset will represent the garment of choice worn by women in the western world from the late Renaissance into the twentieth century, as a way of restricting the female body in clothing for a slimming and more attractive figure. During this time, corsets were lined with whale bone or steel, as one could imagine, this would be very painful.
The face of the figure will be edited in photoshop, and printed on fabric, to look as perfect and flawless as possible. I will embroider onto the face to convey the idea of plastic surgery, a popular body modification in today's society.
In Padaung, women's necks would be covered in brass coils, which overtime, would suppress the shoulders down to make the neck appear longer. I will also be incorporating this aspect of cultural body modification to the doll.
The feet of the doll will be molded and bound like women's feet of ancient Chinese practices would be bound to make the feet appear smaller, more attractive, and as a status symbol.
I am very interested in the idea of conveying different cultural body modifications together because combined the doll will become very abnormal looking. This project is also meant to depict the painful procedures women endure for beauty or vanity, a suitable mate, or as a way to physically portray social status within a culture.
