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Union Members

I wanted the members of the union to have a similar color palette to the Director, to show their loyalty and lack of individuality. They wear warm pastels like oranges and yellows with brown. I wanted to keep with using rope to imitate colonialist uniforms but using shibari techniques to create a dog harness for them to show how they are being strung around.

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Nat & Sam

For Nat & Sam, I wanted to add personality to these characters by taking in some of the hobbies that the actors playing them had. For the actress of Sam, she mentioned she liked crystals and very hippy aesthetics and I decided to go around that for her costume design.

For Nat, they too also enjoyed the hippy aesthetic and horses so I got her to wear horseback riding shoes. I wanted their colors to match. The total complementary colors are a bit of a stand-out when compared to the other union members which shows that they don’t completely fit in.

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Matthew/Twins

I based a lot of Matthew’s costume design on colonial wear. He wears an oversized blazer with yellow rope to imitate colonial uniforms. Reds and yellows show his seniority and his perceived power of the union.

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Counselor

I wanted the counselor to look very out of place. Still in the theme of everyone else but he is the first hint of something not being what it seems. I wanted to use really bright primary colors on him to make him look plastic.

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The Director

I wanted the Director to look inviting and prophet like so their color palette is a lot of warm tones, of yellows, orange and browns. They wear flowy and slightly heavy fabrics with a relaxed and androgynous silhouette. Their first outfit is very “just got off work” with the leather blazer hung on one shoulder.

I wanted to keep the Director barefoot to show their ‘openness’. First and second outfit are the same just minus the blazer and the batik fabric is tied over the blouse.

For the wedding outfit, I wanted to keep the base yellow, but contrast with purple chiffons to look more regal. The batik fabric is now only in the hair.

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