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These five images are all advertising Christina Aguilera’s music video ‘Candy Man’. This video was designed in the stlye of the 1950’s. With the hair done up, and the big curls in the fringe. She also wears a smart tailored skirt suit in part of the video, which reflects what women wore after the war. The other dresses she wears, are early 1950’s, with the emphasis on the slim waist.

This is an edited image of Christine Aguilera from the music video. The way that it has been edited is very much in the stlye of the 1950’s becasue of the blurred faces and the airbrushed look. The clothes that she is wearing is not very 1950’s because they didn’t show their stomachs. However her hair is late 1950’s with the large bouffant look.

The first  image is a billboard advertising the Head and Shoulders advert that was shown on television. The second image is a still of the video on television. These are also a very 1950’s style advert, with the hair done up and the curly bun in the back, although they are in nurses outfits which does not link, the fitting of the dresses is very 1950’s again with the emphasis on the slim waist.

After researching advertisements, and narrowed my research down to fashion adverts. I have found out what kind of fashion was worn in the 1950’s which has influenced me in my designs. I have also looked at suitable typography , which would also suit the style and narrowed it down to a few, i will decide which one i will use at a later date.

I have looked at fashion drawings on the internet to gain some knowledge on how to draw in that way. This is because it will be hard to take images in the style of the 1950’s. I then have draw some images of my own, and  gained inspiration from a website http://www.howtodrawfashion.com. The website provided templates which you can draw over, however i did not find it very useful. I also looked at Quentin Blake, but i cant draw in his sketchy style so i have decided not to take it on any further. Therefore i will be using my own drawings in my final piece.