Friday 3 December 2010

Organic Architecture and Environmental Art





I've always been interested in these subjects and these images are quite inspirational. The flower dress takes the classical silhouette and, like other examples shown, fills it with something unexpected. Although real flowers wouldn't be suitable for theatre, it is food for thought.

Wednesday 1 December 2010

Smirnoff - 'Wild Things'

https://www.smirnoff.com/templates/getinspired_detail.aspx?id=4294967335

Another tale of period costume and props mingling within another genre.

GHD



Link to 'Twisted Fairytale' Campaign: http://www.ghdhair.com/latest-tv-campaign

This type of styling is a big favourite of mine in film, tv, advertisment, theatre and alternative dress. Mixing classical silhouettes, props, locations and storylines with extreme, possibly punk inspired, make-up, colouring and attitude. Similar to with Illamasqua, this combination seems to create a different persona and even the movements of 'The Ugly Sisters' are unusual.
The colouring particularly changes the mise en scene and while the location and sihouettes tell us this is a period piece, the bright blue hair and other distinctively odd colourings tell us that this is a little twisted and leaves us not knowing what to expect.

This is very similar to what I would like to achieve with my design, taking the Tudor period and twisting it into something unexpected.