Costume Analysis

The apparel that rappers of the modern-era wear are extremely varied. When rap music first burst onto the scene in the late 80s the clothes worn were all very stereotypical of what a one would consider to be quite 'chav-like' and not very formal at all. These would include baggy jeans, baseball caps, and plain vests.

As time went on, to the late 90s, clothes rappers wore got slightly more formal. Many rappers included sunglasses and gold jewelry to show to everybody how wealthy they are and used them to enhances their image. Many rappers wore black because black is a very dark colour and it makes them look more intimidating

The image of rappers then got even more formal in the 2000s and 2010s. As time went on rap music or 'hip-hop' as it is now known became more and more accepted and is now one of, if not the largest, genre in world music today and the artists representing the genre now are much more wealthy than the rappers of old.

After long thought, I have come to the conclusion that I need a variance of costume for my artists if I wanted  to change their portrayal. I have two sub-artists and one main artist. One of my sub-artists will be dressed to intimidate and the other will be dressed to express their wealth. For the first artist I wish to dress them in a big black puffer jacket and for the second I wish to dress them in a black sweatshirt and have some gold on them to show off their prowess. With the main artist I wish to take many photographs in many different costumes making him seem like a very versatile artist and show variance on the pages.