Saturday morning!

Mint Julep. "Days Gone By" Music Video

An eerie and dark music video, Directed by Noah Harris at Colonel Blimp.

The mood for the two female characters needed to have a timeless feel to it.. making the characters hard to place and more spooky. For the young girl I wanted to project her innocence to enhance her vulnerability to the other two characters. So for this I chose to put her in a vintage child's nightdress/ christening dress. I then tea stained the dress to enhance the antique feel. I really loved the peter pan Broderie Anglaise collar of the dress- the ultimate "Doll."

The Grandmother had a very matronly like character, whilst also feeling dark and repressed. So for this I decided to make her a long, high necked Mormon inspired dress. Using a heavy dark green cotton, with pleat detail at the waist and neck (it had to have some detail!) To add a further dark twist to her character I made a leather collar piece with wire and cabling attached to one side... The collar and technology element totally contrasted with her traditional dress.. thus making her even more bizarre!

Our drummer needed to posses an unworldliness- and also ignite some fear and menace. For his outfit I turned to vintage Pilot and Police wear. Teaming a vintage Pilot Suit with Vintage Army Equipment, modern day Riot Wear and a WW2 Gas Mask.
Below are some images of how his character evolved during my prep.

And the final outfit...

The Video...

One Of Us... the Pilot Show

Directed by Jess Scott- Hunter

I just found this in my archive and thought I'd share my love for 'Chav' dressing.
How to Dress a Chav... 1)Polyester  2)Trainers from Sports Direct  3)Gold  4)Accessorise with beer can.

#love

Costume Sketches

After pulling together moodboards, traipsing around the shops and trawling through magazines I find the best way to fully express an idea is through picking up a pencil and sketching.
Drawing is something I continue to work on and develop. Here are some Costume Sketches that have recently inspired me.

"Black Swan"

"The Dark Night"

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 "The Help" 

                                                                       "Grace Kelly"

                                                          "Sketch" at Angels Costumiers

And some of mine...

British Arrow Award Nomination!

I am overjoyed to have made the Shortlist for the BAA Craft Awards this year!
The nomination is for "Films For Life" for Channel 4.

Now let the dress designs for my outfit begin... 

Horrible Crows and my favourite jacket

Horrible Crows- "Behold The Hurricane," Directed by Corin Hardy

Wretch 32 & Josh Kumra

Wretch 32 ft Josh Kumra. "Dont Go" 

Directed by Ben Newman

Shot in East London in one full-on day.. I think the finished result looks great. Good tune too! 

Thanks again to "Hub Boutique" for Josh's look.

Fright Fest.. and Potato Sacks!

Promo for Film 4. An ad to send shivers down your spine..
Directed by Kate Dunn

Eeeek after watching that you can remind yourself that its not real.. feel free to laugh at the scary Costumes that I made... and my cameo as a Zombie child! haha

one more time.. hooray for Sharkey

ReeeeeWiiind ... T4

Just how do the T4 guys make it into the studio Saturday mornings?..... press play to trace their moves (literally)
Thanks to 'Beyond Retro' 'Hub Boutique' 'Village Press' and 'Nina Ribena' for some great pieces. The highlight for me was the most definitely Grimshaw aka.. Sharkey... oohh and the fab sequins from Ashish.

Directed by Kate Dunn.

118 Madness. Re-Kitted and ready to run

A series of 14 Idents and Commercials. The 118 boys have maned up and modernised to tackle some classic film moments....

The Kits were re-designed by myself aswell as designing the wardrobe for the entire cast. Quite a feat.. but pulled off thanks to a great team!

Directed by: Lee Cronin.

Goodbye summer.. hello Christmas campaigns eeekkk!

Im not quite sure how it has suddenly reached September...  My ability to have skipped any summer rays for Topshop and my sewing machine may have had something to do with the following ads...

Feathers, Rubber and GAGA with Halfpenny London

All kinds of weirdness for this one!!
Commercial for TMN in Portugal. Directed by Christiana Miranda

Watch the madness .......

Casey Storm

I was lucky enough to work with LA SuperStar Costume Designer Casey Storm. Casey's credit list includes.. Where the Wild Thing Are, Zodiac and pretty much every cool music video to come out of MTV in the 90's... so basically my entire childhood.. This interview is a total inspiration to me...  

Where The Wild Things Are - Casey Storm

Meeting Paddy.. Film4 Campaign

"Films for Life"- an epic Film 4 campaign, Directed by Kate Dunn featuring Paddy Considine and Vicky McClure.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, where Paddy Considine may be the only survivor...
For this brief I wanted the costume to reflect on how you may live should you be the last survivor. I wanted to mix random elements with practical items. For example.. underneath Paddy's beaten Donkey Jacket and worn shirt he wore a vintage, and broken down "Hawaii" t-shirt- perhaps a nod to his pre-apocolipse life.
I also looked at customising the costume to add some of the characters personality. For this I collected objects such as a tin soldier, an old ship whistle, the frame of some Pincer glasses and old buttons. I then threaded and attached theses objects to the button holes of his jacket- as though Paddy had collected theses objects on his many journeys through the barren landscape.
Other details that I threw in included... leather pieces around his beaten boots, a vintage scarf for a bag strap and old potato sack cloth as a hand wrap..... I hope that you like the results.....

Jean Paul Gautier Commercial..testing..

When I was asked to style a commercial for super talented director Sasha Nathwani I was filled with excitement.. especially when I read the script... Jean Paul Gautier. Finally a chance to use beautiful couture gowns! After a manic few days of prep and fittings the shoot was a great success. And I look forward to working with Sasha's team in the future.... details coming soon...

Bang On' "Got IT" Music Video

A complete and utter random and quirky brief was thrown at me from director Jamie Roberts.
Robo Dancers, the Pope, Burlesque Beauty, a Mad Scientist, Retro Chess players... and a GIANT 'IT'??!!! 


The IT character turned out to be a successful collaboration with prop genius Alex Bowens. I was rather sad when by the end of the shoot 'IT' ended up in the boxing ring with "Bang On" and then finally finishing his Foam-Board life by diving into a swimming pool! :-(