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After researching several artists famous for their use of stage costumes, Janelle appealed to me due to her strong artistic vision and variety of influences behind her two albums, Metropolis, the chase suite one and Archandroid, suits two and three. My costume design for her will primarily reference Fritz Lang's Metropolis as the singer regards this as a key film behind her interest in science fiction and androids. My early designs also site the work of performers such as Bjork and David Bowie , whilst I also explored futuristic and robotic sculptures used around music festivals such as Glastonbury and Burning Man. To understand the mind set behind Janelle's alter ego Cindi Mayweather, I have also explored popular science fiction series such as Battlestar Galatica, Terminator and Blade Runner.

Using a light box, I have traced the singer's profile to fit the headpiece to her facial features. She is depicted here in her classic, tuxedo wearing style that acts as her uniform when working on her music. She chooses to dress in simple black and white outfits for most of her performances, tho the cover for the Archandroid album depicts a story through her appearence as Cyndi Mayweather. I am to produce a more fashion based headpiece around the theme of retro-futurism as a reference to 1920s vision of sci fi.