What you want to explore?

My Ideas for the final exam are a fashion shoot where I will bring different outfits with me that represent different era of fashion and different styles such as the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and then I will do a modern day shoot of styles that people wear in the present day. I am going to have the same model for each shoot and I’m going to do three separate shoots one for the present day and then two for previous era’s of fashion styles. I’m going to look at Elaine Constantine’s work as she created these photos outside in public places and not in a studio and her work was also a documentary style approach to fashion which was unique and made her work instantly recognisable.

When and where you intend to begin your study?

My other idea for the final exam is to take images of known Jersey locations that are popular tourist places such as Gorey Castle, La Houge Bie, the dolmens and the white house down at St Ouens to create three photo shoots that are similar to Elaine’s work. I’m going to combine these two ideas are do the fashion photo shoots at these locations to combine the culture of jersey with these Fashion shoots and making sure that the clothes I bring with me are bright and vibrant when I go to the duller, darker locations to make the outfits stand out. For example in Elaine Constantine’s photo above she has a bright, light pink jacket on that contrasts against the dark blue sky and makes the jacket stand out clearly. By choosing to do these fashion shoots at these specific locations I’m uniting fashion with Jersey’s cultural places and this represents the theme of Union.

Why it matters to you?

This study matters to me because I love fashion and so expressing my passion for fashion through taking these shoots at cultural places in Jersey makes them so much more valuable and important to me because they will show Jerseys history and popular tourist locations as well as different era’s of fashion.

How you wish to develop your project?

I’m going to develop my project by taking each fashion shoot I do at a different location in Jersey that is popular with tourists and then I’m going to bring three different outfits with me that are from three different decades of fashion. I’m going to develop this further by bringing clothes that are bright and colourful when I go to a dull black or white location such as Gorey Castle which I would want my clothes to stand out in front of.