Costume

Why is costume so important?

The attire in which the artist wears will give the viewer an idea of what genre the magazine is. For example, if somebody was wearing a fitted cap and gold chains with baggy jeans, the first thing you would suggest is that it is a Hip-Hop/R&B magazine. It is the same with rock and so on, if someone is wearing dark clothing with metal chains around the torso, you would suggest that it is a music magazine. The type of clothes the models wear can completely change the genre or style of the magazine. That is why I have to be very careful and make sure my model's attire matches the conventional clothing for the Indie genre.

I have collected images of costumes I would like to see in my magazine. If I stick to these items of clothing it will look professional, realistic and most importantly, indie. Below this are hair styles and colours that are popular, I think that my model will make the magazine more effective and will explain the genre if they have coloured hair. It can also create a colour scheme for the magazine, for example, if the model had green hair I could have the masthead and subheadings green. I could edit my model's hair colour on websites such as www.picmonkey.com or Photoshop, this means I can use the same model's hair and make it multiple colours and compare them to see which looks the most effective.