week nine: dolls...

A study of the basic physical aspects of the female body was essential in order to comprehend its full influence on the way that I design. Focus is placed upon definite components that construct and shape a defined silhouette. This absolute profile of the female figure discloses a sense of command, suggestiveness and splendor, all in the one frame.

The Female body shape is the cumulative product of a woman's skeletal structure (build) and the quantity and distribution of muscle and fat on the body. There are, and have been, wide differences on what should be considered an ideal or preferred body shape, both for attractiveness and for health reasons. These have varied among cultures and at different times. As with most physical traits, there is a wide range of normality of female body shapes.

Human beings and their cultures have perennially focused attention on the female body as a source of aesthetic pleasure, sexual attraction, fertility, and reproduction. The female body occurs in a range of shapes. The female figure is typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips, and usually has one of four basic shapes: banana, pear, apple or hourglass. The bust, waist, and hips are called inflection points, and the ratios of their circumferences define these basic shapes. Usually, the bust area will depend on the person's weight and height.

Alteration of the body shape

Various strategies are sometimes employed to temporarily or permanently alter the shape of a body. At times artificial devices are used or surgery is employed. Breast size can be artificially increased or decreased. Breast Prostheses or padded Bras may be used to increase the apparent size of a woman's breasts, while minimiser bras may be used to reduce the apparent size.

Historically, the greatest efforts have been made to reduce a woman's waist line. Boned corsets were used for several centuries, but during the twentieth century these were mostly replaced with more flexible foundation garments. Where corsets are used for waist reduction, it may be temporary reduction by occasional use or permanent reduction by people who are often referred to as tightlacers. Liposuction is the common surgical method of reducing the waist size.

Padded control briefs or hip and buttock padding may be used to increase the apparent size of hips and buttocks. Buttock augmentation surgery may be used to increase the size of hips and buttocks and to make them more rounded.

Women simply aspire to amplify and intensify their natural physic to craft the ideal body. I intend to simply emphasis its form by honoring its imperative fundamentals. This will be carried out through the arrangement of colour and fabrication to mold and highlight features.