Update - Scaramouche

For my first outcome in my coursework, I will be making a costume for Scaramouche, the lead female in We Will Rock You for the school's production.

'We Will Rock You' is a futuristic tale which tells of a massive corporation, Globalsoft, which sends computer generated music to all of the people on the planet. Singing, musical instruments, and any expression of creativity, are banned. But Lost Texts are known to exist which talk of music from years gone by. A group of rebels (the Bohemians) strive to discover the lost music, and bring down the corporation. The two heroes, Galileo and Scaramouche, discover musical instruments buried in rock, which they use to vaporise the head of the corporation (The Killer Queen), and send the Power Of Rock around the world to free the masses, enabling them to be musically creative once again. Source

Scaramouche is a very sarcastic and rebellious character who wants to be different to the Ga Ga girls -showing it through her first outfit of black clothing and (typically) her messy hair. The black represents how  she is depressed because she doesn't feel like she belongs.




The character wants to be in love, but not with the typical ga ga boy; she wants to be excepted as herself.

She meets Galileo when they are both taken away for being possible future Bohemians. Before they meet, the audience knows that they'll end up being lovers as they both sing 'Want to Break Free', showing their common interest of not wanting to be with the others. The song they sing together when they meet is 'Under Pressure', again linking to having to be with the ga ga's and to be like them.


The relationship with the characters is that they like to bicker and take the mick out of each other.

When Scaramouche meets the Bohemians, she is redesigned so that her personality and role of a Bohemian is shown though her clothing. The clothing style is based on punk, as it typically includes leather, corsets, mini skirts and lace.












The usual colour scheme of this costume is red and black: reflecting on love, passion and wanting to fight. There is usually more red then black, showing that she is a lot more happier than what she was.

I was thinking about a colour scheme similar to the feminist colours: purple, white and green, as Scaramouche has feminist views. However, if I use these colours I would have to make them suit the punk style: make them more vibrant or dark.

Bridesmaid Dresses

I brought into school two different bridesmaid dresses with at least 20 years age difference, to draw from. I decided to look at bridesmaid dresses, as they portray a role in weddings and can be personal to the people who's wedding it is.

This green dress was my mother's bridesmaid dress which she wore at the age of four. It's a full size, pale green dress, decorated with simple Chinese characters and flowers.

I decided to draw with a Chinese brush  for some of the studies, using watercolours and Indian Ink. I found it more suited for the style of design for the dress, as they are very basic shapes.

The design on the dress also portray's roles, as the people are dressed for a special occasion (maybe a wedding).

I developed my drawings into hand painted samples, influenced by Nina Vivian Huryn. For the flower sample, I managed to find some floral material that looks similar to the original design.

I then looked at a more modern bridesmaid dress. It uses more silky materials and embroidery.

I focused on the floral design on the torso of the dress, as I found it the most interesting; it's a symmetrical design of a flower vine and reminds me of a spine of a skeleton.