Evaulation

When we first got the project I was really excited to start, because creating looks for musicians/music videos is an area in which I love and may which to specialise in at some point in my career. The added extra of having to base it on a gothic urban legend did throw me a bit as I wasn't sure how I would link the too. It also needed to be in a fashion context, which I found easy to follow as I love fashion and the fashion industry.

I started by choosing the legend “Aren't you glad you didn't turn on the lights?” and I also chose the song “Let The Record Show” by Emilie Autumn as I felt these would compliment each other nicely. As Emilie is influenced by Victorian and Gothic fashion I went to the library and looked online to do research on these areas. I also looked at how these eras have influenced modern day fashion collections, in particular Alexander McQueen.

The salon lessons helped me to develop the skills needed for my look, in particular using crepe hair to create dreadlocks, which Lottie showed me especially for my look. I like how our technical instructors are there to help us with our specific needs and not just stick to an overall teaching plan.

I'm quite pleased with how my looks turned out, although I understand that I could have done a bit more to distinguish them further. I would also liked to have added more dreadlocks to the hair but didn't prepare sufficient enough crepe hair for my shoots.