General Themes The Capulets are located more towards Western Europe than the Montagues, so they trade and raid more often in Western Europe. This way, they get items like chain mail and colorful dyes. It was very popular for Vikings to dye their hair at the time, so many of the designs had bleached hair. The Capulets are more, what I call, ‘European rich,’ than ‘Viking rich,’ so they’re able to buy purple dye, along with other items. Vikings were known for their colorful outfits, so many designs have colorful colors, and the Capulets lean more towards cool colors than the Montagues. I chose for the Capulets to have tattoos because Vikings were able to give themselves tattoos. The Capulets have visible battle scars because Vikings went on many raids, which would earn them battle scars in the long run. I figured the Capulets would love to show off their battle scars because it would signify that they went on many raids. I chose to include belts in most of the designs because in many of my reference pictures, the Vikings wore belts.
Lady Capulet To give the effect that Lady Capulet is a maiden, I gave her a pouch needed for housework, a headscarf, and a dress. Capulet Servent
Prince Escalus I put Prince Escalus in both cool and warm colors because he is neither a Montague or Capulet. Prince Escalus is in not so ready-to-fight gear because he seems like the type to not want to fight. But since he is a Viking, he has to be prepared to fight whenever he needs to, so he has a small dagger on his belt. On his pillbox hat, I gave him a rune that symbolizes inherited properties as well as genetics because he is a prince, and princes inherit their status and eventual rank as king.
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For this project, we were told to set Romeo and Juliet in a different place and time period from the original, so my partner and I originally thought of setting it in 9th Century Danelaw (which is modern-day England). This is when the Vikings invaded the British Isles, killing hundreds or even thousands. The Montagues would have been the Vikings and the Capulets would have been from an English double monastery. This idea didn't work out very well because the situation back then was a life or death, not just a rivalry. Because of this, we couldn't figure out how they would have a masquerade party, peacefully at least. To do this, we would have had to change the script. So instead of going down that path, my partner and I decided to set it in the 9th Century Norway-Sweden.
We chose this because it's outside of the box. Vikings were also not portrayed very often in theatre. I didn't know much about Viking fashion so I thought this could be an interesting route to go down, as well as a good chance to learn about Viking culture, fashion, etc, especially since there are tons of inaccurate myths about Vikings. Because of this, I wanted to make the designs as historically accurate as possible. I took over designing the Capulets, while my partner worked on the Montagues. The Montagues are dressed in more fabrics and furs, while the Capulets wear more Western European clothing and armor styles of the time (chain mail, tunics, etc) because they are closer to the former Roman land of Europe. For my 'You Can't Take it With You' by George S. Kaufman, I chose to design outfits for Mr. Kolenkhov. Appearance:
-Red nylon skin-tight leggings. Nylon leggings have been popular for decades when it comes to ballet. This is because they are easy to move in. Red symbolizes, among other things, strength, passion, aggression, and revolution; all of which apply to Kolenkhov. Revolution specifically because the Russians went through a revolution only two decades before the 1930s. -Black ghillies, which are used as ballet shoes, tied over leggings.
Today, I designed something a character would wear. I chose to design something for Vegeta from the Dragon Ball series. Here is my baseline design. He's in a leather jacket with spiked on the collar to shoulder area with ripped off sleeves, blue jeans, a white tank top that says 'BAD' in black lettering, a brown belt with a gold buckle, black military style gloves, and black military combat boots. I based the colors off of Color Theory, the idea that colors affect how a person views someone, whether it's from clothes to makeup, lighting, etc. I used black for most of the clothing because it symbolizes; strength, power, and evil. Vegeta tends to be a very power-hungry and strong character, who, at first, was a villain. I chose to use blue for the jeans because blue represents; self-centeredness, stubbornness, loyalty, and persistence. In the series, Vegeta is very self-centered in his quest for power, and in being in a quest for power, he was very persistent in trying to be able to defeat the main character. He is also very loyal to his race, Saiyans, who are pretty much monkey people from planet Vegeta. Going off of that, I chose the color brown for his belt because when he had his tail, he would wrap it around his waist like a belt. He was also the prince of Saiyans, his home planet being named after his father, so that's why I chose gold for the belt buckle because it represents royalty.
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