Maria - evening dress, sketch and references

I was looking at the silhouette of the 1950 dresses and also decided to use stripes as a pattern. The horizontal stripes as neight of the sillhouette when the horizontal stripes add more wideness. I chose the hozirontal to achieve a richer look of the skirts and points out the movement of the characher. Moreover, it will look even more beautiful during the spinning movements of the character which are important part of the choreography as it's being seriously influenced by the ballet dance. Here's a great example of the difference between the horizontal and the vertical stripes among the images I gained my influence from:

Vertical stripes, image from Pinterest

Horizontal stripes, image from Pinterest

For the decollage I chose a feminine form which to underline the maturity of the character additionally delianate by more horizontal stripes as a decoration. It refers the personality of the character given in the script and at the same time captures the tendency of the historical period of teenager dressing like more mature people. 

Additionally, as a reference I used the chaotically added layers, observered on the dresses of the Other Shark girls following the line which the director and the costume designer have already presented in the production.

Image from West side Story

Here's the sketch I created for the evening dress of Maria:

Recycled materials:
The decoration on the top is made of drinking straws sewn on the straps of the dress. The stripes pattern is made as a decoration altering a layer of vertically possesed drinking straw cut into equal pieces and sewn next to one another and a layer of cassette tapes sewn to the fabric only on their upper side. The inner exteding layer is made of plastic bags sewn on the linning of the dress.
Effect I was looking for is mature/feminine and at the same time rebellios dress. The riot in the dress can be found on the unsewn upper side of the casette tape layer and the plastic bags. On the other hand the glittering surface of the straws and the casette tape create a shinning nightdress look.