Study of Modern Egyptian Fashion

I thought that as well as looking at Ancient Egypt, it would be nice to look at more modern and contemporary fashion designs. As mentioned in a previous post, I'd like to overlap the old with the new to help propel my idea into a whole new direction rather than focus on one area. As well as looking at modern fashion, my initial sketches for my character (with the exception to the dangling fabrics from her arms) the clothes look quite stiff. Because I'm doing a dancer, her clothing needs to allow mobility and also enhance her movement so I decided that it'd be worth studying clothing folds.

Here's a few rough sketches I did of some items of modern Egyptian clothing.

After doing these sketches, I noticed that every fold has a point of origin from which it extends from. This will prove very useful for my future drawings. I also find that the designs are very flowing and figure hugging. This is something that I might show in my own outfit designs because I'd like to show off her physique and really empower that feminine form.

These are some of the sites and images I used to draw from. Some of the other dresses are really beautiful too and they might influence some of my future designs.

http://fashionstuffz.blogspot.com/2010/10/egyptian-fashion.html

http://4girls-en.blogspot.com/2011/07/egyptian-fashion-2012-evening-dresses.html