Sculptural clown hair

Hairstyles are really inspiring. big and theatrical. it is hair that you would automatically associate with a clown.

Again really effective make up which would help with telling our story.

The Ruffels around the kneck add shape and a dramatic effect, also the sad makeup style is interesting as this would work well with our story.

looking into different garment ideas that are already around thinking of the colours that would inspire the look.

minor blues by Cyclown Circus

minor blues by Cyclown Circus

Bold eyes!!!!!!!

With a white face as a base the makeup would stand out really well. I love the use of rainbow colours. Detail could be added above and below the eye. On the opposite eye the design could be flipped and placed at the bottom of the eye spreading downwards.

Decorative Mark Making

For this design I was initially inspired by the magazine image above. I applied sequins, big and small along with liquid eyeliner to the cheek area. concentrating on one half of the face. This design would have worked better with white base to the face.

Band Stand

The circus carnival theme is strong in this image, not because of the clothes but the location. It has a after the carnival is finished at the end. I like the band stand out side location. The band stand is slightly rusty and old it gives it a slightly darker side. The park and day time light gives it a traveling feel and creates interesting shadows in the photo. As Nottingham Arboretum has a band stand this would be a good location for are photo shoot. The story of performers messing around after the shows finished slightly more disheveled but fun.

Display styling traveling circus

The recent trend for pop up temporary stores I feel is a good concept of how are theme would work. Like the traveling circus pop up stores are temporary. We could use pop up rides and animals and have it displayed in a big top. So are shop display would be a pop up fairground/ circus. I feel this is a really fun aspect and could really push the theme. Either paper animals and rides bright colours and lights. They need to be a spectacle and with the strong circus theme could really work.
Above is a pop up dome in Metropolis mall Indiana and The Reebok pop up store in NYC.
Another shop styling I felt Incorporated are theme and we could collaborate with was Irregular Choice in Carnby Street. The bright contrasting colours. patterns and display suit the colour palette we are developing and feel we could collaborate with this. The differnet textured surface works reall well too.
Another aspect I would like to incorporate in are shop window, pop up shop is have hanging big bubbles with items of clothing, accessories in. It links with the displays at are catwalk show.

Graphic styling for trend board

The way the image is put together with the bright colours, cut out objects and the sequence of the layout would be good inspiration for our trend board. Taking our image of a rabbit to replace the frog and other inspirational photos and piecing it together in a random way to represent our trend and story.

huddersfield Fashion show 08

Possible catwalk layout, decoration at back and loud music playing.

Ashish Catwalk Show AW09/10

At the start of this video I really loved the girl doing tricks with the floating hoop. I could invision one of our models doing this in the centre of our circular runway. Also she could be blowing bubbles which would fit in well with the props we have been experimenting with.

Piano Circus Music

This piece of music is very upbeat and in keeping with our theme. It would allow the models to clown around using props down the catwalk.

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TimeSplitters 2 Music - Circus

This song is very quirky and I could imagine the models being able to clown around to this music.

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Britney Spears - Circus

This video of Britney Spears- Circus is really inspirational for prop ideas and the movement of how they are used. Potential props for our photo shoot could be: An umbrella, Stilts, top hat, long flowing ribbon, cane, hoops and animals. Also it is also useful to observe there contemporary take on circus attire.

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Stilt Faeries - Circus Contraption

This music has a more eerie quality to it but I could invision it on a catwalk.

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Circus! Theme Music

This could be the potential music played whilst our models walk down the catwalk. It is quirky and a classic circus tune.