traditional costume as high fashion?

I drew a comparision between today's high fashion designers and Trinidad's traditional costumes. Similarities in shapes, geometries and attention to body movement and restrictions exist in both cases. Nowadays the traditional costume is a dying element in the nations carnival. Today they resort to costumes that though eye catching they rarely acknowledge the arquitectonic spaces that can be created. Varying elements and techniques to achieve the desired effects that both realms of design seek to acquire are left to be explored. I hope to explore these techniques. I have acknowledge that in today's trinidad carnival it has become more about the glitter and beads and less about the art form. Though some designers have tried to bring it back the masses still flock toward the sequins and beads. I beleive there is some sort of middle ground where both can coincide. Having tried my hand at jewelry making , I thought about the existing elements of todays costume and how they can be played with ,altered and reinvented. These pieces include the headpiece, neckpiece/shoulder piece, arm bands, leg bands and waist bands.