Evaluation

    On both mine and my partners timed assessment days we was both rather prepared in terms of what worked for us in our designs and what didn’t, as we had previous worked together and practiced each look numerous of times. We was also always in contact with each other, so if one of us had an issue with anything we could work out a solution or make sure the other person had a clear understanding on what they had to achieve in the set time on the day.

    When developing my research I used the tutorial lessons we had as a starting point for me to go research more and more into designers, brands, and trends that had been inspired by the Elizabethan beauty ideal. I also used took it upon myself to find other resources to find out information, such as films, TV shows and books to help strengthen my research folder for this brief which I found very helpful to see directors interpretations of the Elizabethan era instead of just looking at designers and artists for inspiration.

   I really have enjoyed working on this brief of ‘The New Elizabethans’ and thought it was such a good starting point for our first project at university. It has made me think about a different era of make-up I may not have ever delved into, whilst it has also taught me how important the Elizabethan era was for make-up an cosmetics as a whole. Also the introduction of working with partners and working to their brief instead of your own, I think is such a good idea as in real life in the working environment you won’t always be working to your own brief and has taught me how to deal with working with clients and how to work around problems that may come up whilst working.