Grace Ciao is known for her collection of sketches of dresses made from real flower petals on paper. By combining a passion for design and a hobby of playing with fresh flowers, the young Singaporean designer has produced many fancy fashion works.

Grace “draws” a dress pattern with fresh petals

Grace graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. Along with her passion for fashion and her inherent talents, Grace is currently a young designer managing her own fashion brand in Singapore.

From a young age, Grace loved to play with dolls and often used fabric from old clothes to make new dresses for them. A little older, that hobby also grew and Grace had many new ideas for her works. Instead of just using pencils and paints to sketch, she uses mainly real flower petals with natural colors to illustrate.

Close-up of an evening gown design made of flower petals

Young designer’s office full of flowers

The tiny veins along with the soft, natural color transitions on the petals are the highlights that make up the unique beauty of the real flower sketches on paper. She often arranges the petals to create volume for the dress pattern first, then uses the same color watercolors to complete the missing areas.

The white and purple colors of the carnation petals are cleverly used to simulate the eye-catching ruffled details

The blue hydrangeas give the evening dress an elegant and seductive beauty

Lettuce leaves or purple cabbage are also “turned” into splendid skirts

Each type of flower gives Grace a unique creative inspiration

Gorgeous evening gown from orchid petals

Grace’s work used in a promotional campaign for a perfume company

The petals of all kinds are cleverly put into the drawing, very suitable in terms of lines and colors

Gorgeous petal dresses are placed in dramatic perspective drawings