It's up to you what type of costume you wish to create! Work
as a team to research, design and construct wild, wonderful and imaginative costumes out of alternative and waste materials.

Remember you can get inspiration from everything that surrounds you! Perhaps one of these might kick start your idea:

Comic book heros
Taking inspiration from Judge Dredd, X-men, etc & Can a new super hero or villain be created?

Music
Does your favourite music say anything to you? Consider punk, rock, dance, indie, metal or classical music. Think of the lyrics, the melody the instruments and even music videos.

 

 


Film

Try using some of Hollywood s best and worst to inspire you! Films such as The Fifth Element, The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean and not forgetting Star Wars are movies which push the boundaries of the imagination.

Artists
Could one of the great artists or masterpieces inspire you? Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh &

Retro
Get funky  Remember those bellbottoms and legwarmers!!

Eco - Era
"Patterns, materials, colours, textures in nature", natural elements, earth, sea, sky, weather, seasons, animals, etc.- nature is in abundance everywhere and can be easily studied.

Techno
"Technological advancement" Future of man, machine, food, transport, etc? New inventions - androids, robots, computer-generation, Web and .com revolution &

Classical
"Building on the past to create the future", does historical, ancient, mythological materials costumes or architecture inspire?

Mutations
"Evolving species" Biological expansion, space creatures, hybrids, crossbreeds, re-generating extinct creatures, humans adapting to future conditions &

Create your own
Who knows what original ideas you might come up with?