Any outfit I wear, is *my* outfit bec. I assemble the total look, from hairstyle to accessories to skin-out choice of garments. The ensemble is my creation, & I'm of the school that feels assemblage is as much an art as anything else.
That said, each specific item gets credit from how/where it came from. I don't make my own shoes & I rarely create my own jewelry. I occasionally pattern for myself. I may commission a garment, & depending on how much input I gave, I consider that a collaboration where we each get some credit (my design, another person's sewing, for example). My own totally hair-brained ideas, uh, yeah, all my credit (bec. nobody else wants it, hah). But even those may be sparked by a conversation with someone -- this has happened more than once!
My costume diaries note where everything comes from, bec. ultimately, I don't think most art is created in a vacuum.
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Date: 2010-04-07 09:49 pm (UTC)That said, each specific item gets credit from how/where it came from. I don't make my own shoes & I rarely create my own jewelry. I occasionally pattern for myself. I may commission a garment, & depending on how much input I gave, I consider that a collaboration where we each get some credit (my design, another person's sewing, for example). My own totally hair-brained ideas, uh, yeah, all my credit (bec. nobody else wants it, hah). But even those may be sparked by a conversation with someone -- this has happened more than once!
My costume diaries note where everything comes from, bec. ultimately, I don't think most art is created in a vacuum.