Thinking into this idea of masculinity and breaking societal barriers regarding its fashion, i thought who else best to reference for my work other than Art School. A brand who focuses on breaking the conventions of gender norms in its branding, marketing and all round fashion. Im interested in this use of statement, bold colours even within the hair; although i wanted my model to seem quite “innocent” and “pure”, i am now interested in this sort of crazy coloured hair. The runway’s are always fun and completely disregard the norms of high end designer runways; having models falling over, running etc.. This could be something really effective within my shoots as i could have my model completing similar looks and staying away from typical posing.

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This season’s design surrounds flared trousers, tight short tops and long diamond earrings. I will definitely take this use of oversized earrings and instead of diamonds like Art School has used here – pearls. This way it will reflect the painting’s symbolism of the pearls the boy is standing on but in a very subtle manor. I think flares are quite rare to see on males too and this is a element of Art School that has also inspired me to get creative with different types of lengths or widths of trousers. Maybe really oversized trousers that look far too big for the model could be effective in modernising the traditional image of a suit or even replicating the flares used for this season.