"Nindot Bastos, meaning "Beautifully Vulgar" is conceptually inspired by growing up as mixed race girl in The Philippines, Hong Kong and England. Identity is key within the Nindot Bastos concept. Figuring out who i am and where i belong, there is a strong sense of limbo and nostalgia throughout the collection. There is a question whether, to fit within the crowd, or standing out and being noticed, good or bad which one is better?
Inspiration from Hong Kong came from, personal photographs taken while my family lived there before i was born and two years after. As well as the abstract and geometric architecture in that city.
From the age of 8, life in England had begun. This is were Abstract art entwines within. Abstract seemed to have a limbo sense or aura to its movement. Some art works are extremely exaggerated or minimally there, there is never an in between.
"Nindot Bastos", finishes off with a maximalist impact to its conceptual peers.
The Maximalist portrays, you don't have to blend in to be somebody. Stand out, be different and be remembered for who you are." - Roxanne Savage
Designer: Roxanne Savage
Title: Nindot Bastos
Model: Merveille Sene
Make up Artist: Chloe Rose
I chose this shoot because of how structured the garments were. They spoke a lot for themselves and I thought we would be able to create some rigid shapes with this collection.
Unfortunately, the shoot did not go to plan as the model was very inexperienced, uncomfortable and quite difficult to direct. I was not pleased with the outcome of the images so I decided that in order to get the best quality images I would reshoot this look at a later date.
On the second attempt the shoot ran much more smoothly, the model was a lot more confident and knew what she was doing.
The outcome of the images were a lot better and portrayed numerous sculptural elements including geometric shapes and symmetry.
Final images:
The images were much more successful and the model was a lot more comfortable on set which made mine and the stylists jobs a lot easier and the overall shoot ran a lot smoother.
During post production I ensured I was using techniques we had been taught by Jennie such as layering tools and masking. I also thought carefully about cropping my images to show off the clothing in the best way possible. I thought back to how the photographer had done this in the images of Craig Green's designs and used this technique in my own work to produce images as can be seen below.
Potential clients that would use my work would be "Another Magazine" as the style of my work is very similar to the front covers of their magazines. They photograph sculptural garments and so they would be a perfect client.
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