Just as I was doing my face charts for my designs for Gareth Pugh's SS16 collection, I realised that I hadn't included any makeup in my designs! I therefore adapted the look so that I could include more SS16 makeup trends. I also wanted to improve my designs because I felt they looked too much like knights and I didn't think the tights over the whole head would work as the face would have looked too flat. I really wanted to include more coins into my design as they were a main feature in Pugh's collection. I also wanted to include some hair and makeup 2016 spring/summer trends to keep the look relevant. I wanted to also make the look a bit circus/fairytale like as Pugh described SoHo as being in Disney land.
Face Chart
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I was inspired by the white mask worn by the Phantom of the Opera when watching the film. I really liked how the mask didn't cover the whole face and I liked how it almost had a clown look about it. I decided that instead of covering glasses with coins, I would cover a mask with coins which only covered half the face. I felt like this would make more of an impact than glasses and I thought the glasses would look too much like part of the collection. I wanted to bring the circus element into the look with a mask, but I didn't want the mask to cover the whole face as I wanted to use makeup on the face and I thought it would look too attention grabbing with the whole face covered in coins. I also didn't want to put coins all over the face as some of Pugh's outfits didn't even have coins in them so I thought the coins all over the face look would be too over powering. I knew that I wanted to keep within the small colour scheme of black, gold, red and white and then I was inspired to do two different colours on each side of the face by the Phantom of the Opera, so I just needed to decide what colours to use. I knew I wanted to make the lips red as it worked with my colour scheme, it is a SS16 makeup trend, but also because it looks very powerful and seductive, which are both aspects I think Pugh wanted to show in his SoHo Bad Girls.
I decided to do some experiments with the different colour combinations; however I knew I didn't want white as I thought it would look too stark so I just experimented with the others. I had already decided that I wanted to use black tights over the head from my previous hair charts so I added them in this experiment. I only roughly ripped the masks in half to save time but it gave me the general picture of what it would look like.
I first tried gold and red. I liked that the red would match the lip; however I wanted the red lip to stand out and I felt they wouldn't if a big part of the mask was also red. I really liked the finish of the gold spray because it looked metallic which I thought would make the coins look very sparkly and this metallic finish is a 2016 spring/summer trend. Another thing I didn't like with this colour combination was that the black tights over the head would look very disjointed from the masks, meaning I felt the black could work better as it would be more fluid looking.
I then tried the red and black. I liked how the black mask blended in slightly with the black of the hair design; however I again didn't like that the red took attention away from the red lips. I also felt like the black and red combination looked too dark and not fun enough.
I finally tried the black and gold which turned out to be my favourite. I like that the metallic finish to the gold coins are a predicted 2016 spring/summer trend. I like how much of a contrast the dark black and bright gold had and I liked how these colours contrasted with the bright red lip. I liked that the gold represented wealth and the black represented poverty because this is something Pugh showed in his collection with the contrast between the rich furs and cheap looking PVC. I liked that the black mask blended in with the black hair design because it made the look more fluid and combined. I liked that the black and gold added a sense of glamour to the look to reflect the seductive feel to SoHo, but also that the people in SoHo want to dress to impress.
I wanted to add some black kohl liner to the water line to make the eyes look more seductive and to make them stand out from under the mask; this is a predicted spring/summer 2016 trend. I didn't want to make the skin dewy because I felt like the shiny coins and bright red lips looked very dramatic already and I thought it would reflect the matte red lips; I therefore decided to keep the skin matte. I am really excited about this design and I can't wait to experiment with everything!
Hair Chart
My hair chart is shown below. I wanted to keep the hair very similar to my last design I had made previously, with the black tights over the face; however this time I would have to cut around the face because I want the lower part of the face to be showing with the lips. I also don't want the tights to come down as far down the neck because I want the neck to look bare from the front, as if it carries on from the face. I kept the high ponytail the same, with it coming out of the tights material, because I liked how it didn't draw too much attention away from the face and how it looked very slick and neat. I decided to add some coins around the hair band because I thought it would tie the makeup and hair look together and I also thought it would cover up the hole in the material if it didn't look very neat! I thought it would work if I put the black and gold coins the opposite sides to the mask colours, so half the coins are black and half are gold. The ponytail will then be very straight but not wet-look because I think it would look too slick when the SoHo Bad Girls are supposed to have the vibe that they're going out.
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