Alternative Miss World Rationale:

The Alternative Miss World Rationale, is a spectacular pageant created by Andrew Logan in 1972, that is composed of a vast display of the abstract, colorful and creative pieces of clothing and accessories created to represent London's booming alternative culture.
One of the most obvious themes of the fashion show is that all the pieces modeled are made out of anything and everything. If I was to create my own Miss World inspired piece I would need to look into materials that feature very bright, contrasting colours and a range of different textures and shapes for different parts of the piece. Below are some images that demonstrate the abstract nature of the clothing pieces and the range in textures and materials.

To begin my own project I would first need to gather the materials I want to use, which I think would mainly be composed of scraps and piece of material that I can find because then I will have a varied mixture of different colours and textures to work with. I may also look into using sturdier materials such as cardboard or wire if I wanted a part of my piece to stick out, stand up or create a particular sturdy shape. I will record the process of making my piece by doing initial sketches, labeling which materials and colours would work where and then by taking photographs of each step of creating the piece. Once the piece has been completed I will have someone else film me wearing my piece to show how it fits on a live model and to demonstrate how sturdy and how it works as a garment.

As this pageant is an alternative event, more effort must be put into the advertising and promotion of it, therefore I think I will base my project around the idea of promoting the event while sticking to the colourful and abstract designs of the entries. An idea I have is to create a garment out of an object that is usually just a stationary object but, when adapted, can be worn and moved around in comfortably. Therefore, I think a plausible idea for my project could be a wearable 'A' board that displays a poster design to advertise the Miss Alternative World pageant itself, which can be easily made with materials such as cardboard and acrylic and ink to make it sturdy and bold as well as colourful intricate. Although wearing nothing but a piece of cardboard might be an everyday sight for the real pageant, for my own interpretation I will wear an undergarment beneath the board that is one solid colour in order to make the poster stand out much more, but while still adding to the abstract style. To do this I will probably look into finding a dress such as a nightgown in white because it would be an unusual piece of clothing to wear in general but look even more engaging with the promotion board over the top.

James Reids cover artwork for The Sex Pistols 1977 album

For my finished poster I decided to work in the raw style of James Reids album artwork, I felt like this represented the alternative miss world well as the bright colours and D.I.Y style screams Alt miss world.

The Human Sign

Below is the development for my costume to run down the cat walk, I looked at making my costume mask as much of myself whilst getting the most attention to the full piece, I worked into using masks and body covering clothing to achieve my goal.

Final piece

My finished costume came out exactly as I wanted, the use of colour broke the whit up perfectly and the sign writing mirrored my flyers as I aimed for. Unfortunately I dipped from my original idea of standing in the street to attract people to the event and just stood by the stage as our group presented.