R+P Post 17: Our Planned Costumes, Props, Hair and Make-Up

Now that we have decided upon Shayam as our actress, we have to plan a costume for her and so we have brainstormed ideas. We want something stylish and sexy, as this is a common convention for femme fatales. We definitely want her to wear stockings. However, we do not want the outfit to be too promiscuous as Shayam should look classy as well.

Based on our research and what we had in mind, we asked Shayam if she had anything that matched our vision and she did. She narrowed it down to three outfits and we made a group decision on the final one.

  

Shayam 'before' picture

Shayam in costume

Gene Tierney, Laura

Films that inspired our costume, hair and make-up choices included:

            

           Angelina Jolie, Mr and Mrs Smith

• The classy, stylish dress in The Devil Wears Prada. There is a feminine but yet powerful aspect to the characters through how they dress.
• The tight fitting, short outfits that Catherine wears in Basic Instinct give her instant sex appeal
• In terms of hair, classic noir films such as The Big Sleep with Lauren Bacall and Laura with Gene Tierney were inspirational. This 40s/50s hairstyle that they have is classy in its own way and we wanted to try and do something similar. 
• The sophisticated look of Angelina Jolie in Mr and Mrs Smith is what we wanted to achieve with our make-up. We wanted to make Stacey look effortlessly beautiful and classy rather than overly girly, to demonstrate her power and darker side. 

We have also created a Prop List. Since, we have added an iPad, iPhone and gun