Couture 03: Essays was created for Boudicca’s third couture collection, launched in January 2009. As its title suggests, the film visualizes the inherent ideas and narrative threads for this new collection, one of Boudicca’s most experimental in terms of form and material exploration. The collection included a number of pieces that were only developed to the prototype stage in paper and cardboard. The film captures the cut-and-paste methods that Boudicca employs when conceiving a fresh body of work, drawing inspiration from disparate sources, including, in this case, period dress from the Elizabethan era. A mesmerizing collage of texts from noted individuals such as Victor Hugo, as well as images of nature, costumes displayed in galleries, and portraits of historical figures such as Mary Cornwallis, provides the backdrop for a poignant presentation of Boudicca’s garments.

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_{Boudicca. Couture 03: Essays, January 2009. Still from film. Courtesy of Boudicca.}