Day 50 Tuesday 31st January Fashion Constructed Image

Tuesday 31st January Fashion Constructed Image

The Team

Inital reference images

Starting earlier today at 09:30 we were the first group to have our tutorial regarding the fashion project and our initials ideas. Speaking to Sam Chick(SC) and JS we discussed our formative ideas and seemed to be heading in the right direction. Having already considered Bond movies for our reference we'd already agreed to broaden our research which was a sentiment echoed by SC and JS.

It was also considered it a priority to pick and era to research and the 60's seemed ideal based on the film genre we had chosen. We were given a number of references and film titles to consider and decided to research those via the library. Other routes specifically suggested were mostly European and more niche with a number of more familiar references being made. Alfred Hitchcock; The Ipcress file, North by Northwest (Hitchcock), China Town, Breathless were the better known references. The more obscure included Goddard. We discussed the relationships between the male and female characters within the spy genre and decided that we'd research this area more.
The group worked on broadening our knowledge of visual styles within the given period looking for characters/styles/sets etc. Having a printer/scanner and a PC at home I opted to complete mine at home.

These are the types of books/ images I viewed.

Mandie Rice-Davies

Mandy Rice-Davies

Mandy Rice-Davies

Christine Keeler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqLVtMsTo8A  Dean Martin Playing Matt Helm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QxILURQbgs  The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvmgrnsaE1U    The Avengers (intro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFaIhXEt6hg  The Saint (intro)