Chipo Exhibition Proposal Draft

CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
TOPIC : GOTHIC EVENING WEAR INSPIRED

BY THE BLACK ROSE
NAME : CHIPO
SURNAME : MUSARIRI
REG NUMBER : C15125690F
MODULE : EXIHIBITION
LEVEL : 4.2
SUPERVISOR : DR CHIMBINDI
EXHIBITION PROPOSAL
TOPIC
Revisiting Gothic evening wear inspired by the black rose
THEME
Black rose, dark fantasy.
GUEST OF HONOR
Joyce Chimanye
Mr Muwunganirwa
PROPOSED VENUE
Bindura country club or CUT
PROGRESS
5 GARMENTS-
INTRODUCTION
The designer has found a gap in contemporary fashion. There is a lack of gothic evening wear
inspired by the black rose for the Zimbabwean woman. In an effort to fill this gap the
designer has used the skills she acquired over the course of four years studying clothing
fashion design. The designer made the black rose inspired gothic evening wear collection as a
specialisation project required for the degree program. The mentioned collection and other
pieces of work made during the four year course will be exhibited to be marked as part of the
final year work. The exhibition will be held at the Bindura Country Club where the audience
will be people from in and around Bindura.
JUSTIFICATION OF THE EXBITION
The exhibition will take place in Bindura which is the designer’s home town where she has a
better chance of getting a bigger audience. The designer will be showcasing haute couture
evening wear making the Country Club a good place to exhibit the collection as most people
who frequent the place are interested in haute couture and the venue already has a dress code
which is formal and smart casual only. The proposed venue is where the socialites prefer to
be seen, it is located between two of Bindura University campuses and is close the CBD. This
gives the designer a chance to engage the youth in enlightening conversation about the
collection and the other projects and it makes the venue accessible by a bigger number of
people without any transport costs from town. The exhibition will introduce the idea of gothic
evening wear giving the ladies a wider range of evening wear.
INSPIRATION
The collection was inspired by the rare Turkish black rose which symbolises mystery and the
gothic era in an effort to make modern dark fantasy evening wear. The collection has an A
line shape which takes after the shape of the black rose and the collection uses the colour
black which dominated the Gothic era and also borrows from the colour of the black rose. To
add the shiny nightwear effect the collection borrows from the inspiration in which there are
water droplets on the rose and in this case the collection features fabric enhancement studs,
beads and sequins. The exhibition was inspired by work by other designers who have
showcased gothic collections, that is, by both student designers and established designers in
the fashion industry.
EXPERIENCE
The designer, over the course of her degree program, has attended a number of fashion
exhibitions like the Zimbabwe fashion week 2016 and exhibited at the Cotton to Clothing
Indaba 2017. The designer also attended and helped organise fashion exhibitions for her
fellow student designers. In all the exhibitions the designer attended the gap of gothic
evening wear inspired by the black rose was never covered.
OBSERVERTIONS
The researcher observed that Gothic evening wear is now nearly non-existent it is only visible
in casual clothing, lingerie and formal wear with a few items like the black leather jackets,
brown lipstick, and black hairstyles. Another observation is that there are no fashion
designers in Zimbabwe producing Gothic evening wear.
AIM
To showcase a collection inspired by the gothic era and the black rose, in an effort to market
the designer’s work and interact with the audience.
OBJECTIVES
To showcase the Gothic inspired collection of sixteen dresses
To fill the gap of lack of Gothic inspired evening wear
To showcase the designer’s work from the first year to the last
To remove the fear associated with gothic wear
To launch the designer’s label
To advertise the designer’s work
WORK PLAN
The work plan aims to serve as a guideline and a time frame for the activities and
preparations that will be done towards the exhibition.
Table 1.1
Week Date (2019) Activity Supervisors

signature
1 15/03 Discussion of Exhibition theme,
sketching designs and making 2 garments
2 29/03 Sending sponsor letters and constructing
2 garments
3 12/04 Construction of two more garments
securing venue ,guest of honour and
master of ceremony
4 26/04 Submission of proposal and pattern
making
5 10/05 Construction of two garments and
finalising event proceedings
6 24/05 Designing of posters, business cards
,banners, fliers
7 Travelling to the venue and prepare for
the event
9 Exhibition week
BUDJET
Requirements Costs
Fabrics and trimmings 220
Printing of proposal 3
Printing of infomercials. Banner, flyers, 65
posters
Transport costs 30
Mannequins 50
Sounds, lighting and ramp 50
Décor,Venue,P.A system, photographer 60
Models 80
Ushers and Security 50
Contingencies 50
Refreshments 120
Venue 750
TOTAL 1528
EXHIBITION STAGES
Planning
The designer will plan ahead of time in order to ensure the success of the event and through
planning the designer will make organisations using the theme of the exibition. Everything
that has to be done noted and arranged before the event so that the event runs smoothly.
For the exhibition to be successful the designer had to plan for the event so as to make sure
that event will be successful. Fringes (2002) describe planning as the process of thinking
about and organising the activities required to achieve a desired goal. So in planning all the
items to be done are laid down and arranged so as to fulfil the goal that is the exhibition
Preparation
The designer will make a booking at the proposed venue and also look for a guest of honor
and guest speaker. The designer will also look help from companies interested in the
designer’s works and close relatives. The designer will seek the services of decorators, sound
system, ushers and catering from relatives who are specialised in those respective areas in
order to make the exhibition a success.
Post event
After the event has been completed the designer will make sure that the venue is cleared and
the borrowed items as facilities are returned to their respective places. An evaluation report
will be written after the event and submit it on completion.
Ethics
The designer will make sure that other people’s property and also the environment nearby is
kept clean and the property is not damaged while the exhibition will be taking place. The
sponsors, managers, artists, fashion designers and all the audience will be respected by not
interfering with their privacy. Every visitor to come to the exhibition will be considered to be
important.

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CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

TOPIC : GOTHIC EVENING WEAR INSPIRED

will be people from in and around Bindura.

JUSTIFICATION OF THE EXBITION

evening wear giving the ladies a wider range of evening wear.

the fashion industry.

evening wear inspired by the black rose was never covered.

designers in Zimbabwe producing Gothic evening wear.

the designer’s work and interact with the audience.

To showcase the Gothic inspired collection of sixteen dresses

To fill the gap of lack of Gothic inspired evening wear

To remove the fear associated with gothic wear

To launch the designer’s label

To advertise the designer’s work

Week Date (2019) Activity Supervisors

order to make the exhibition a success.

will be written after the event and submit it on completion.

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