Styling Charlotte

For this task we were asked to get into groups of 3 and to choose 2 eras to style and photograph. Me and Charlotte chose the 50s and Natalie chose the 80s. We each went home and saw what we could find in our wardrobes that we could try and style into the era. I chose a little white and red dress which was a rounded shape I then put a tutu underneath to give it more volume, I added white socks with brown strap shoes, cardigan, belt, peal necklace, red lipstick and black eyeliner on my top lid like the Dior 50s look . I got the idea for my outfit from the film Grease.

Charlotte's outfit was the idea of the 50s House wife. Well groomed and sophisticated. Though we thought we make her do a funny pose in this picture above.

Natalie styled her outfit with 80s Fame influence

Images I photo shopped for this images I altered the colour and contrast making it slightly brighter than the original. I liked the effect it gave making it more pop arty.

For this image I used hue saturation to making the image bright all over however I thought it made it too bright and the outfit difficult to see.

I changed this image to black and white it worked really well and made the image seem very classic.

In these 3 images I played about changing the colour of Charlotte's cardigan. The picture below I softened the colour and lighting. I really enjoyed changing the images I will use these techniques when i come to do my trend book.

For this exercise we were told to go out to the shops an style each other in different clothes to what we would maybe wear. I took Charlotte to a vintage shop called clobber. I decided to style Charlotte in 50s clothing as i thought that her looks suited this era. I chose colours that were quite distinct with a pattern to add interest. The dresses I styled Charlotte in had quite a full skirt to give this area more shape.

I thought these shoes were really pretty and would go with the colours in the dress Charlotte has long legs and i wanted to emphasize this even more with a heel.

I think this dress was the best one, it showed off her figure better as it was shorter making her legs look longer. I accessorised the dress with a white belt to contrast with the dress colour and show her thin waist. Charlotte has small shoulders so to balance the out fit I left them exposed, and the dress tied around the neck which showed more skin making them appear larger. I could have also put a shawl to cover the middle part of the arms if there had been one in the shop.

I added a hat and bag to make the outfit look more stylish as it if she was going out to ascote.

It was a really fun day and we spent hours in the shop. Charlotte even decided to purchase the blue dress I picked out so the day was a success.