BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Surface Textiles
The overall design intensions of this project is to portray Hollywood glamour with modern connotations. Essentially this is a light and dark project which will be looking at the face value visuals of beautiful movie icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth taylor etc. This project will be looking into how they were perceived contrasted by who they really were behind the scenes. By researching into these icons lives by watching their movies and contrasting the findings against TV documentaries, biographies and the added aid of artistic blogs, information can be taken to expand on the counterpoints of the concept. Most of these women had hidden personalities; a 'darker side'. This 'dark side' could be seen in many ways; alcoholism, prescription drug abuse, a woman's sexual needs, bad choice in men or even general unhappiness despite their fame and fortune. This 'dark side' is an opposition to how they were seen, how they really felt and how it all affected them. A hidden personality that was almost like being behind a mask of fame, glamour and beauty. In conclusion, there is a victorian quote from a man's point of view of women; âwomen are slaves to their own emotionsâ.