These designs are for my personal interpretation of The Picture of Dorian Gray. I wanted to create a completely new twist on the portrayal of the story of Dorian Gray. My idea for the production was to create contrasting, conflicting worlds. There is reality (set in 1950s London) and Dorian's subconscious dream world. Due to Dorian's sinful lifestyle, including selling his soul for immortality and the murder of Basil Hallward, combined with his addiction to opium, Dorian creates an alternative world, in which he sees everything completely differently. These designs are for Reality, which is 1950s London. I wanted to use classic 50s fashion for the costume, and use fabrics and prints that show the class and social difference between characters. Each character has a characterisation for both reality and for the imaginary world created by Dorian's subconscious. (For example: In reality Sibyl Vane is a waitress/barmaid, acting in the evening at her local run-down theater. In the Dream Wold Sibyl is a porcelain wind up doll, due to her beautiful, manipulated, vulnerable characteristics.)
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