Using the research collected on fashion and subculture from the 1950s, and after experimenting with different types of media, it was time to create the final costume designs for each character within the play. These images were created on an A1 sheet of paper divided into four sections. I began each sketch with a simple pencil sketched figure, each in their own distinct pose and style, before using Docrafts Artiste watercolour art pens to fill them with colour. Once this had been achieved, I used black Faber-Castell art pens to create their outlines and specific details.
In each image, the inspiration from the 1950s research is clearly visible, with Aegeus' costume inspired by the appearance of 'Teddy Boys', the Nurse as a house-maid and several characters dressed in the general styles from that decade. With the play featuring a wedding between Jason and Kreusa, the designs within image number #02 are inspired by the types of clothing that would have been worn during such an occasion from that period. The Chorus' costumes (image #03) are designed to reflect the appearances of typical 1950s housewives, and the Boys (image #04) that of 1950s children.
The costume change depicted for Medea in image #01, is to reflect her change of circumstance and character within the play's text. At the beginning of the story, Medea is perceived as a down-trodden and mistreated housewife, whose husband, Jason, has left her and their children, the Boys, to marry another woman, Kreusa. This is why her costume has been designed in such a ragged way, to reflect this situation. Although this may be the case at the beginning of the story, this situation changes when she kills their children and leaves to live a new life away from the society she has now rejected. This is why her second costume is inspired by the appearance of 1950s greasers/bikers as they are viewed as being rowdy and rebellious, going against the social hierarchy of the 1950s.
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| 01. Final costume designs for Aegeus, Nurse & Medea |
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| 02. Final costume designs for Jason, Kreusa, Kreon & Attendant |
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| 04. Final costume designs for the Boys |
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| 03. Final costume designs for the Chorus |
