Costume Research

I have chosen to look at costume ideas to help me create an understanding of the Indie Rock style. I will be looking into female and male costumes to help me create a range of ideas for my own images. It will help me relate my costume to my music genre and something my target audience will understand.  After my research I want to  have created a full understanding of what needs to be shown in my own costumes for my artists for my own images I need to take for my magazine. 

COSTUME;

I have searched Indie Rock Artists and have come up with the iconic indie rock costume ranging from artists and celebrities. The male costume tends to have a formal feel; suits  are normally worn with a informal top underneath and braces. Artists like Alex Turner, Paul Weller, Miles Kane, Pete Doherty all represent this style; leather/denim jackets are a popular for Indie Rock genre and are frequently evident on Indie Rock artists. Tattoo's are popular for males who represent the Indie Rock genre.

For Females however, the vintage style clothing is what is mostly worn. Alexa Chung represents this by wearing dungarees with t bone styled shoes which where unique in the 1950's on wards. The costume for females use style from 1950's giving a modern twist. Denim and leather is also a popular type of material for clothing on females as well as male.

HAIR STYLES;

I have decided to also research different hair styles which male and females represent who are key in Indie Rock music. The slick back 1950's hairstyle as seen in the film Grease is commonly worn by artists such as Alex Turner. The 'messy' hairstyle is most common in Indie Rock artists this gives them a rough and ready look about their appearance. The short back and sides is not as common as the other two but is worn by Indie Rock artist Paul Weller, Miles Kane and Oasis Noel/Liam Gallagher. 

For females they're many different hairstyles evident; the most common tend to be a beehive also reference to the 1950's onward. The multi coloured look fits with the society of today and shows a unique look to the celebrities/artists appearance. Floral head bands are worn more in summer but are evident in some outfits.

MAKEUP;

I have researched ideas for make up for both male and female to see if there is and iconic 'indie rock' genre make up worn. The females are evident to wear a red lip with simple eye make up or none at all, or even a dark coloured lip stick and no other make up. Also a common look is a smokey eye and little other make up, this is heavy on the face but the eyes are more prominent on the face. Winged eyeliner and big eyelashes is something which an be seen on Twiggy and is still used in Indie Rock females today.