Costume & Props

I have used Lil' Wayne to base my model's clothing and will base the clothing on these photo's.  From my research into my magazine front covers i have came up with the images below of what my model should ideally wear i will try and look for clothes like these i have already got a baseball cap that i will be able to use which is very similar to the 'Houston Astro's' cap below whereas my cap is a New York Yankee's cap with the same colour scheme.  I need to consider where i would be able to purchase some heavy necklaces and 'bling' for cheap so i will take into consideration shops like primark where they will be cheap as i cannot afford to be spending lots of money on chains etc. So it is very handy that i have a baseball cap as it saves a lot of hassle finding a model that already has a baseball cap.  

Above is an idea for my first costume for the male on the front cover of my magazine this is what i will base his costume on.  Although i may have to have some alterations as i do not want him to have to purchase these clothes for the occasion as that would make it far to expensive.  Although, i would like to do that unfortunately i cannot, i will try and make my model look as professional as possible. I have chosen the Baseball cap as it is a very useful prop throughout this type of magazine also the hoodie will be used and i will have the hood up to gives a sense of mystery etc. which also ties in with the sunglasses as a sense of mystery about the artist.  I chose the shoes as they are basketball shoes and are associated with this genre of music.

This above is the other costume i chose which i will use for the model on my contents page, this is ideal as my model already has the basketball shorts and the shoes do not really matter as these will not be in the shot that i will have.  The artist may not be able to get all the clothing that i wish for him to have but if not we will be ok as he has the basis of the costume.  I used footlocker.com to find the clothing items that i would wish for my artist to wear.