Costume Inspo Newdsf
Costume Inspo Newdsf
Costume Inspo Newdsf
90's Fashion
Fashion in the early 1990s was generally loose fitting and colourful. Unless you were going for
the grunge look.
T-shirts were often big and shorts were extra long. Mullets were also stylish for a period of time.
In the 90's tapered trousers were big on the fashion market.
Guys and girls both wore baseball caps in different ways. And all sweatshirts were worn with a
turtleneck under it.
Grunge also became massive during the 90'swhere it had Stylistic influences from : alternative rock, hardcore punk, and heavy metal
authentic hole-ridden jeans were worn
Barbers nearly went out of business because no one under 17 got their hair cut any more
Cilla was also seen wearing a lot of black and dark colours, so we would use black/ purple shirts
and skirts. She aslo stuck to
wearing little kitten heals.
From the photos you can
see Cilla is well dressed/smart.
Geeky-Weirdo Character
For this character I want to get the look of being fairly young, bookworm type of girl who trys to
come across cool.
A stereotypical geek would be wearing glasses, jackup trousers, uncoordinated clothing.
One of my inspirations for this character was the famous 'Youtube' subscriber 'MirandaSings'
Chavy character.
For this character I wanted to create a contrasting look with the higher class posh fashion
character, and the Greek looking character.
Looking into 90's fashion the most relevant clothing would be things such as,
--Bomber jackets
--matching tracksuits
--gold hoop earings
--Gold chains
--Hairstyle: slick side pony tail, or top knot bun on the side of the head.
I found
inspiration from the
old 90's TV show
'Fresh prince of bel
air' as you can see
from the picture his
style is quite retro
and has some chav
qualities.
I also looked through internet 90's fashion magazines I found this picture that had some similarities
to the typical 'Chav' look we associate with in the 21st centry.
inspiration:
Apparel
HIP-HOP
Trouser
HIP-HOP
Shirt
Grunge
Trousers
Grunge
Shirt
Shirts are essentially a layering piece. Eg Long sleeved Tshirt, with a top over the top.
For these characters costumes we will dress them in some form of leotard, with fishnets and either
ballroom heals or, character heals. Or a sequin bra-let and high waisted knickers.
The colours will preferably be black but have some sort of glittery/ diamonds embroiled on them .
This is so that the main attention is on Cilla and the contestants.
My inspiration came from watching the recent production of 'Sinatra'. Though this is what showgirls
and dancers currently wear in the 21st century, it was also what they wore back in the 1990's.
Dancers fashion hasn't really changed much over the decade.
Another inspiration I got was this picture of Bruce Forsyth- The picture was taken during the 60's
but this is the sort of idea we want to create for Blind date show girl hosts.
Hairstyles will be down but neat, off the face or in a slick low pony.
Makeup will be bold and glamourous.
Black or tan fishnets
glittery jewellery
ideally for the actual show we will want some sort of headpiece but for the pitch we will
keep costumes simple
As these characters will be
performing movement and
dance tracks, the costumes
need to be stretchy
material so they don't rip.
Costume Expenditure
Seamstress Salary (United Kingdom)
* The average wage for a Seamstress is 7.89 per hour. Pay for this job does not change much by
experience, with the most experienced earning only a bit more.
To Hire a Seamstress would cost more money in the long run. But it has its positives: for example:
if a costume rips there is a seamstress working with our company to fix or alter costumes.
We have decided to buy costumes from shops, because it will end up saving money. if a costume
breaks or needs altering we can take it to a seamstress.
BUDGET: PER COSTUME 20-30
it will differer for all costumes though so on average 7x30pounds= 210
Summary
Reasons for all our Characters costume choices:
We want to create completely different personality looks for each character. This is because
it will make it more interesting for viewers to see this rather then your stereotypical average
dressed 90's person.
Cilla's costume has to be very specific to her, we want to create a very close replica
We needed to be fully aware of what people wore during the 90's so we could make it an
effective musical and not a fluke.
For example: Blind date is set in the 90's so we wouldn't use the same costumes as we
would during her teenage years when Cilla was establishing her career.
Our budget will range for different characters- this is because the show girl and posh high
fashion costume will cost a lot more the chavy and geek characters costume.