Catwalk Moodboard

This is my catwalk moodboard that I have designed, I will use this moodboard to help inspire me to create different catwalk looks and eventually come up with my final catwalk design.

I have taken elements form my research on the Omo valley tribes aswell as aztec prints and jewellery that I like.

Good Vibrations

I found this editorial published in Vogue Uk in May 2009, entitled "Good Vibrations". It is tribal themed and from looking through the images I can see inspiration taken from the Surma Tribe, using flowers and leaves to frame the face. Take a look!

 



 

 

I really like the kind of slapdash approach to the face paint. It makes the makeup look more authentic.

 

 

 

 

The stylist has crafted the leaves in the hair to make them look a lot more fashionable and deliberate. Some of them look a bit like hats.

 

 

 

 

Chase and Status - No Problem

Just listening to music and I came accross this Chase and Status video of their track "No Problem" , so I thought i'd add it in. The tribalistic makeup and styling is awesome and the fact that it's glowing in the dark adds alot more drama and interest to the video. Also it reminds me a little of the Surma and Mursi tribes with the white face and the skulls along his forehead are kind of like the flowers.

 

 

Herring and Herring does Tribal

Here is another editorial shoot by Herring and Herring published in D Mode magazine. The makeup is similar to the makeup of the Omo valley tribes, its a good example of how the omo valley tribe makeup can be translated into a fashion look.

 

 

 

I think I might try something like this experimenting with brighter colours on top of the white.

 

 

 

 

Guiseppe Acrimboldo

I decided to add in some images of Guiseppe Acrimboldo paintings that I have been looking at. He is an Italian painter who creates portraits made up entirely of fruits, flowers, fish or books. The paintings seem to have an element of the Surma and Mursi tribes about them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond in the Roughage

While researching the Surma and Mursi Tribes I stumbled upon this editorial. Diamond in the Roughage, published in NY times T magazine in April 2011. The images were taken by photographer Richard Burbridge.

 

 

 

This is my favourite image, I love the shape the model has taken, it looks like a painting.

 

 

 

The editorial has taken the stylings of the Surma and Mursi Tribes to a new extreme. The images are fantastic, it could so easily of looked a mess but with the clever design and placement of different shrubery and flowers these photos really work.

 

 

Surma Tribe Makeup Trial

I decided to try out a Surma tribe make-up look for myself.  

I kindly asked my housemate to model for me!

 

 

I used my fingers to apply a clay mask in the pattern above to give the makeup more texture and to make it look more like the traditional makeup of a surma tribe.

 

 

I then painted over some areas using my Kryolan aqua colour palette.

 

 

I then created a flower headdress by weaving flowers together using wire. I chose orangey coloured flowers as these looked the most exotic.

 

 

I styled the look with a brightly coloured skirt that I found hiding in the back of my wardrobe and my most tribalistic looking necklaces (not the best styling I know but a girls got to make do). I really like the flower headdress, I am thinking about incorporating it into my final design. I am not so keen on the makeup though, I don't want my final look to be a copy of the surma tribe makeup, I just want to take elements of the look and translate them into my own ideas.