#Not the exact pattern on the dress but I did not have a ref. And I hate doing small cool patterns

[mylove-thresher]

fugirl in my ma’s fit bc she lowkey serving

[butterfly-winx]

Your Enchantix designs are so pretty! What were their inspirations design-wise?

Thank you! Most of them I had laying around for almost a year, so I can't be as exact with my inspirations as I usually am, sorry.

Layla's is entirely based on info I got from a fashion analysis video dissecting the costuming in Moana (I think it was Mina Le's), that got me thinking about plant based fabrics and dyes. I also had an earlier version that was my interpretation of the canon design, that I was heavily leaning on. I knew I wanted to keep the circlet/crown and amp up the vibrancy of the colours in her outfit. The fish-fin skirt-tail was a last minute addition, but I think it works well as a form of coherence between her Enchantix and Charmix. The style of her hair near her scalp in the original reminded me of twists, so I gave her full length gorgeous twists.

With Flora I tried to conserve the silhouette of her OG dress with the halter-top and frilly bottom. Her headdress and front panel&pattern on it are inspired by Balinese national dress and fabrics. Her wings on the other hand were inspired by the roo structure and decoration of temples in Thailand and the Philippines. Overall very ornate and gold heavy.

Bloom's Enchantix was the one longest in work. I knew I wanted the red and the puffy sleeves. Everything else was trial by fire and doesn't have any clear cultural influence other than "dragon in as many instances as possible" and channeling both warrior and princess vibes. The most difficult thing for me was to find pleasing shades of red and blue and get them to harmonise.

Tecna is another difficult one. I suppose "it just came to me" isn't a very good explanation. I wanted something avant-garde, techwear inspired and androgynous. For the mullet I was inspired by another winx artist whose name escapes me atm, who did those pastel-y Enchantix and Believix looks. They used a soft pink for Tecna's hair and made it super fluffy, which just got my gears grinding. The pink overjacket was added for extra pizzazz and to harmonise with their hair.

Musa's design combines Hanfu elements (the top) with armour elements (the hip guards) and athleisure (the purple top is a sports bra). I was also pushing for little note and music elements in the accessories. Her shoes are inspired by one's from a designer piece by Balmain if I remember correctly. (If I ever post the speedart, you'll see the direct ref pop up 😅) The wing is basically her OG Enchantix one.

And finally Stella is mainly medieval orrery inspired. The little astrological map pattern was kind of the main piece there. I also immensely enjoyed the Heavenly Bodies Met Gala and surrounding art and styling boom that featured a lot of those spiky crowns. Her shoes are rave/festival wear inspired.

I started really managing my inspo boards, so hopefully in the future I can be more precise answering these kinds of asks