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1950's poster fashion project

This was a collaborative project for a friend's costume design final major project in 2014. The idea was the recreate the above 50's sexist posters in a unique way, by merging costume design, graphic design and photography into this fun concept. The idea was to create an illusion, where the models became part of the artwork. I painted the boards, my friend Holly made the costumes and her friends were the models in the photos.

The boards were slightly bigger than a standard door, and each one had a hole cut into it big enough to fit the models through. Parts of the posters were painted on, then the 3D parts were made from fabric which was also painted on. On the day of the photo shoot, the models were also body painted by another friend Ellie, who is a makeup artist.

1950's poster fashion project
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1950's poster fashion project

Collaborative fashion/costume design, photography and graphic design project based on 1950's sexist advertisements.

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