Costume

Today we focused mainly on costume and make up design; because we've chosen a song from the 60's, we wanted our actors to replicate the 'typical' 60s look. We researched into the era in order to understand how the women dressed which then allowed us to add a contemporary twist. We noticed that shift dresses were common during the 60's however we feel that going for a more glamorous look and opting for floor length dresses would work better with the genre of music we have chosen, taking inspiration from The Marvelettes mid-length - floor-length stage dresses. Modesty was key in researching out costume inspiration, as women from the 60s era were far from scantily dressed, regardless to how common as it is today.

 

When asking for feedback from our peers, (most intended audience) we found they appreciated the longer dresses, deeming them as more 'sensual' and 'leaving things to imagination' rather than the scantily dressed artists of today. This confirmed our belief that there is sex appeal of modest women, both in contemporary and traditional periods -sex appeal also influences sales of albums/ singles in both periods.