Conclusion

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Reflecting on my editorial, I found working with the Plaster of Paris a success to achieve a striking final image, that looks powerful and inspiring, targeting both Men and Women. Using the rope and developing my work onto a model gave life to my image and gave it a unique perspective on sculptural fashion.

Whilst I styled other shoots throughout my development using different fabrics, I felt they were often too simplistic or didn’t push the sculptural fashion aspect that is shown throughout my research and development. After speaking with my industry mentors Tony Green and Christopher Shannon, they helped me push my ideas further and guided me down the sculptural route. I began to take images of statues and figures after speaking with Christopher Shannon. This gave me insight to how elegant and detailed sculptured figures are. Tony Green guided me to incorporating the use of rope in my editorial, taken from Robbie Spencer’s styling in his ‘Inflate’ shoot. I found this worked well and gave it a vintage aesthetic often expressed within Robbie Spencer’s styling.

To develop my project further I would bring in an aspect of the metaverse. With avatars arising in the fashion industry, I would consider bringing in this aspect to further target generation Alpha. I would also create accessories with the plaster thinking about making a mask, to further push the sculptural route in my work and make it more playful, which is something Wonderland excel at achieving. From my Mirror Mirror project I have learnt how to take risks and step outside my comfort zone. I felt working with the Plaster of Paris was difficult and after it didn’t take as well as I hoped, finding solutions to develop it, such as spray painting, was a success and I have learnt to try and explore different ideas and continue to move these ideas forward, to create my desired aesthetic.