Character Styling

I wanted a cheap and cost efficient way to style Estella and miss Havisham so I thought rather than hire out full costumes that probably wont be seen in the shoot anyway, I would go to a fabric shop and buy some material that would I could then shape into a vale or the top of a dress etc.

I bought:

Lace, to be used as a vale or sash around the top of clothing to create the illusion of a wedding dress. (I know that lace is appropriate because Dickens describes that Miss Havisham is wearing it in the novel)
I bought off-white lace so it looked a bit more used and less fresh, I plan to destress it further with Fullers Earth.

A pink satin material to create the top of Estella's dress. I chose Satin because it was an expensive material in the Victorian era so it is likely that Estella would have worn it, and I chose the colour pink because I wanted to emphasise the fact that she is shill relatively young in my design.

I really wanted to encorperate the wedding flowers that Dickens describes being in Miss Havisham's hair. Yellow tulips have been said to symbolise hopeless love. I thought this was very fitting for Miss Havisham.

Anon. 2013. Tulip Flower Meaning [online] [viewed 17/02/2013] Available from: http://tulipflower.net/tulip-flower-meaning

Anon. 1997 - 2013. Wedding Style - A Victorian Event. In: The Knot [online] [viewed 17/02/2013] Available from: http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-themes/choosing-wedding-themes/articles/a-victorian-wedding-event.aspx