The challenge this week was Costume Design. We got given a Grimm Brothers story and had to choose a character and design a costume for them. The story I got given was 'Little Red Cap'. It was the traditional Red Riding Hood story however instead of a cape she had "a little red cap of velvet". I researched into all the different way Red Riding Hood has been done before and came up with the style board below.
As shown the story has been done in a gothic style, girly, fantasy and the classic 19th century in which the story was set.
I took the long fantasy style white dress from the board and drew it in my own design shown below.
I then designed a long black cloak with a shorter red cape over the top to add a twist on the traditional Red Riding Hood. I took the idea of embellishment on the cloak from a haute couture design and also added it to the shorter cape so that the red on the hood stands out to emphasise the 'little red cap' from the story.
I added lace to the white dress and velvet to the red cape.
I really enjoyed this challenge and it definitely suited my style a lot more than the other challenges did.
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