Paris Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2014 Haute Couture collection by Charlie Le Mindu. (Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA)

A model takes part in the “Trashion” fashion show on the roof of a building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the Brooklyn borough of New York May 31, 2014. The show featured designers who used recycled items such as coffee filters, tissue paper, grain sacks and window screens. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Models walk down the runway during the Robb & Lulu swimwear show as part of Funkshion Fashion Week Swim, Friday, July 17, 2015, in Coral Gables, Fla. (Photo by Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)

Shamekh Bluwi, an architect and fashion illustrator based in Amman, Jordan, creates beautiful paper cut-outs with women whose dresses become whatever you hold them up against. Besides being beautiful fashion drawings, they also seem like an excellent tool for coming up with inspiration for new fashion designs; simply hold up one of his drawings and see what sort of architectural lines, repeating patterns or images the women in his elegant cutouts would look good in.

General view of the stands in the Atrium during the Big Fashion Wardrobe Spring/Summer fashion and beauty event at Westfield London shopping centre on March 29, 2011 in London, United Kingdom.

Lady Gaga attends the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on June 6, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Models wear creations by brand Leonisa during Colombiamoda fashion event in Medellin, Colombia, July 28, 2015. (Photo by Fredy Builes/Reuters)

A model presents a creation by Paradizia during Colombiamoda fashion event in Medellin, Colombia, July 29, 2015. (Photo by Fredy Builes/Reuters)