So I have been thinking about what I can do for the visual document I must present to the artist, teachers and class with my garment… something that will display my inspiration, concept, thoughts, ideas, images and experimentation within the project. Because my final piece was heavily influenced by the idea of celebrity as a religious icon/idol I wanted to play on Lucinda’s celebrity on the crucifix art works. The dress is draped and constructed with ‘goddess’ concepts in mind. I wanted to channel this religious deity within a dress that was skimpy, sexy, dirty and provocative. The theory behind it is that celebrities are looked up to like religious figures and followed like a religion but they are not pure or of faith, they live lives of usually constructed destruction. They are damaged or a mess and they are completely laid bare for people to see within magazines and TV. So the dress is that. It is luxury, decadence and beauty in a sexual, dirty way.
Anyway I decided I would create a drawing of my dress on a girl perched on a crucifix, not nailed or strung to it but standing free and looking like a higher deity… like a god. Arms spread wide, looking up, bathed in light. I got thinking about how I would draw it and realised I needed a real photo to replicate to ensure it looked realistic… I started googling and found some images but one caught my eye. It was a picture of Megan Fox. For some reason I think she is the perfect girl for my design to be drawn on because she is sexy and sexual but also a celebrity that is constructed in the media. So here are a few images I particularly liked:
I liked these, i thought they were very powerful and sexual. But now to draw them 
The following are a few more of my inspiration images.. these are mag scraps from random magazines most likely Vogue, Cosmopolitan or Russh. These were the most important inspirations for me because of shape, fabric, colour, theme and aesthetic…
Reference list:
Cute-spot.com. n/d. Megan Fox Images. http://cute-spot.com/megan-fox.php (Accessed August 21st, 2010)
Kelly. 2008. Daily Stab: Megan Fox for Maxim February 2008. http://www.dailystab.com/megan-fox-maxim-february-2008/(Accessed August 21st, 2010)
MY FINAL VISUAL:
This is the final piece thatb i have created to represent my design in relation to my artist Lucinda Wolber
THE VIRGIN MEGAN (FOX)
The art work I have made manages to convey my interpretation of Lucinda’s art, my inspiration and my concept. The idea, as I have described before, is that of a celebrity as a religious figure, however this figure is neither reality nor a healthy deity to follow. Celebrities are heavily constructed by media into something that consumers will want to see; who they are in the public eye may not be who they truly are. Often they are dramatised as being glamorous, luxurious and perfect but then they have vices such as cigarettes, drugs and alcohol. They are shown as Skanky/promiscuous, sexy, addicts and generally messed up but still living this glamorous lifestyle.
To show this I used the Medias sexy yet dim celebrity Megan Fox. With tattoos (often seen in Lucinda’s works), and this sexual identity I felt she should wear my garment. I used a similar structure of the crucifix with lace trim as a religious symbol. I also used a black background as a symbol of the anti Christ. Finally the light coming from behind makes ‘the Virgin Megan’ appears as an idol, like light itself, the gaze is focused on her.
I really like how this turned out, but for now I must go present this to the class.
