The Final Images

So here they are, my final images for interpreting Oranges and not the only fruit into a three high fashion editorial images...

The First Image - breakdown

Styling: A similar alternative to her bright pink rain coat and the socks represent her innocence.

Hair: Looking home cut and short on the forehead, naturally wavy and looking unstyled.
Makeup: Freckles, porcine looking skin to again show her innocence, slightly contoured and removal of eyes brows which shows symbolizes her lack of self structure and independence.

Lighting: Natural light on the face looking over exposed, spiritual.

Positioning: The positioning of the model shows a small space representing her small world at this time within her life. Her world is her religion and her mother. She is completely focuses on the bible.
Surroundings/Location: Inside the church, I chose this particular place because although the lighting is very clean, when you look closer you can see cracks and imperfection underneath the white paint on the walls and around the window. A symbolism of what is to come for her character...

The Second Image - breakdown

Styling: The white of Jeanette's dress represents her connection with her innocence portraying her naivety, Melanie's colours are bright and bold contrasting against Jeanette. Melanie is the symbolism for the bright and colourful wide world outside of Jeanette's small life.  

Hair: Jeanettes is covering most of her face but is still showing the direction of her face, it looks more tame than previously - development of her finding her feminine beauty and attraction. Melanie's hair is naturally wavy and feminine, harshly contrasting against Jeanette's character

Makeup: Melanie is naturally beautiful, she is the symbol for beauty - red lips for love and danger.

Positioning: Jeanette's body positioning is showing her being magnetized towards Melanie sexually. Almost looks supernatural. Her position looks uncomfortable showing how she is going through uncomfortable and confusing changes and emotions within herself. 

Lighting: Natural lighting reflecting against the church windows, highlighting their faces and clothing.

Location: the red bricks of the church symbolize the theme of oranges, and also danger and lust. This also contrasts against the clothing making both characters seem out of place representing the next stage in the book where the two are removed from church after trying to remove the devil from inside the two of them.

The Third Image - breakdown

Styling: The colour of blue is the same colour which symbolises Saint Mary mother of Christ, which is ironic due to her position after being removed from the church. The red on the shoes symbolises pain, love and hurt.

Hair: Her hair has been tied back showing her facial expression, her hair no longer takes over her face which is a representation of how she is finding her own identity and stopped living by her mothers way of life.
Makeup: red lipstick and heavier contouring under cheekbones, highlighting of the cheekbones

Positioning: Stamping on the orange showing how she is removing herself from the life her mother wanted her to live and is now taking her own life into her hands and becoming educated and independent. 

Lighting: Slightly darker showing a harder time in the characters life, though contrasting bright and light colours of the clothing which portray a calm road ahead for her character.

Location: Leaving the church, white of the bricks and wooden doors contrast against the once over powering collection of red bricks...

The Three Stages

Stage one:

Masked by religion, masked by her Mother - Jeanette lives her caged life going to church living her Mother's  ideal and 'right' life. Innocent, blinded, completely dependent.

An image which represents this time in her life...

Location: church
Lighting: Natural but exposed
Model: Praying to God
Styling: Pink coat
Props: Orange(s), Bible
Makeup: Light, innocent and bare looking, freckles, perfect skin, blocked out eyebrows
Hair: 'Home cut' hair style but neat
Styling: Pink Two Piece Suit and white shirt

Important quotes for this stage:

"We stood on the hill and my mother said, 'This world is full of sin.' We stood on the hill and my mother said, 'You can change the world.'

"On Sunday the pastor told everyone how full of the spirit I was... I just sat there reading the Bible and thinking what a long book it was... Miss Jewsbury yelled so loud even I could hear it. 'This child's not full of the spirit. She's deaf!"

"And so it was on that particular day, sometime later, she followed a star until it came to settle above an orphanage, and in that place was a crib, and in that crib a child. A child with too much hair..."


This particular shot will capture the innocence and purity of the characters mind, with a sense of holiness and spiritually with the position of the lighting and model. Completely focused on her religion and the Lord, this image will project the very beginning of her changes throughout Oranges.

Stage Two:

Her eyes have been opened to love, friendship, a life outside religion by meeting Melanie, a Catholic girl. Becoming friends quickly, Jeanette takes her to her Church and they have a love affair.

Impressionable, open-minded, in love.

An image which represents and portrays her change...
Location: Churchyard
Model: With second model (Melanie) showing love and passion, strong poses
Styling: Bright, clean colours contrasting against the location scenery of red bricks and dirt, still a sense of innocence with Jeanette's character
Makeup: Darker contouring, shading around the eyes, freckles, flawless skin dab of colour on the lips, slight shading of brows

Hair: Home cut, slightly more wild than previous shot, more texture


Important quotes for this stage:

"She had never heard of mixed feelings. There were friends and there were enemies." 


"I love you almost as much as I love the Lord."

“I want someone who is fierce and will love me until death and knows that love is as strong as death, and be on my side forever and ever. I want someone who will destroy and be destroyed by me.” 

This is where the changes within Jeanette's life become more apparent and will be shown through both of the models positioning, and styling. Jeanette's character will still look innocent but her posture will become more sexual representing her natural magnetism towards her true sexuality. the contrast with location and styling will seem slightly misplaced to symbolize the changes going on within the characters mind.

Stage 3:

Searching for her own identity without the pressure of religion, family, surroundings. Becoming educated and being able to lead her own life.

Clarity, independence, freedom. 

An image that portrays this:
Location: Leaving/Outside the church grounds
Model: Strong pose, anger and sense of rebellion
Styling: Pale blue dress representing the colour of Saint Mary contradicting the situation
Makeup: Lighter contouring, full base, slightly blushed cheeks, beautifully highlighted and red lips
Hair: Grown out into a style, pinned back to see more of her face, curls falling to the front

Important quotes for this stage:

“She must find a boat and sail in it. No guarantee of shore. Only a conviction that what she wanted could exist, if she dared to find it.” 

"People do go back, but they don't survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time. Such things are too much. You can salt your heart, or kill your heart, or you can choose between the two realities."

"Pillars hold things up, and salt keeps things clean, but it's a poor exchange for losing your self. People do go back, but they don't survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time"

The final image, capturing in important part of the characters development where she has no choice but to become independent. This image will capture her strength, her confusion and her hurt after being abandoned by her own mother and the church. This is the final stage I wanted to capture as I feel this particular section of the book, before she returns to the church is the most prominent when thinking about character development and change.

Personification of Beauty

Melanie - the personification of freedom, love and beauty...

Melanie was the one to open Jeanette's eyes to her sexual orientation, the one who was Jeanette's first real love. She made her question her life up to date in her religion and her family life.

Melanie to me is a symbol for beauty, a girl who changed Jeanette's life for the better. Her presence in the second image of the photo shoot will be almost ghostly yet lovingly. 

The first image I drew of her was this one below. Her hair is wavy, soft and light and natural, rests behind her shoulders and out of her face. 

The face is contoured with freckles, innocent looking but softly contoured with blush cheeks.

Her lips will look red stained to represent love, passion but also danger.

The eyebrows will be brushes up in a natural way but present on the face to show structure reflecting how she helped Jeanette build her own identity.

Another version of Melanie I created was one much stronger looking and defined. The lips look like bold red petals and the contouring on the face is much heavier and the eyebrows are darker contrasting against the skin and hair.

The hair is more textured than the previous drawing but it has more control and structure.

Examples of the look I am wanting to create:

Catherine McNeil for Vogue Paris

These lips, look like they're a velvet texture, and the natural looking eyebrows

The dreamy appearance of this photograph, the innocence

This texture of hair, these kind of 70's untamed curls

Moodboard portraying Melanie as a character - her styling and appearance 

Hair Madness

Thinking about using wigs within a the photo shoot, I have a found some stunning hair designs, fashion editorials and images. The really sharp and unique designs really make the image and the hair is a big aspect of my look for Jeanette.

The angled cut at the back of the hair is so sharp and the contrast against her skin and the black looks beautiful.

The red hair is so vibrant and really pops underneath this lighting and against her clothing and back drop. The shape of the hair shows off her facial structure and the precise contouring.

These two images I found were so accurate and sharp, it keeps the eye drawn to the face. The slight separation of the fringe to the side of the hair is a subtle but brilliant way of making this look so striking.

This hair is the one that stood out the most due to it's bright colour. Even though it is clearly a wig due to the florescent colour, it looks beautiful next to her skin tone and the washed out blue back drop.

These three women look gorgeous in these brightly coloured wigs, the colour of the hair contrasting against the styling enhances the audiences view of the world of fashion. The fantasy world that people aspire to have but does not exist. 

What's in the closet?

In order to get a high fashion interpretation of Oranges are not the only fruit, I have taken a more stylish and contemporary take on her bright pink coat.

This first one I found was Betty Barclay in TK Maxx. It's a coral pink quilted coat with a collar and pockets. My idea was to add a black belt around the waist line to make it more of a cut off and edgy shape.

The second jacket I found was a darker and slightly more fuchsia pink. This is quilted as well but is more cropped. 

The third jacket I found was by Calvin Klein and was a bright pink, waterproof jacket with a zip. This one is the closest connected to the one mentioned in the book, however for a high end fashion shoot this one would be more difficult to make look like a editorial styled outfit.

Moving on from the pink coat, I found this floaty shirt by Diesel in a bright orange colour. I was instantly attracted to it due to it's eye catching colour, shape and material which will look perfect for one of my looks.

Extra purchases I made today were a couple of pairs of socks. The first, a brown/mustard coloured pair of knee high socks which can be teamed with one of my outfits to give her a more innocent and child-like appearance. 

The second pair are a smaller ankle sock in bright orange to match the orange colour theme within the book and my photo shoot. The white frills around the top also give her a innocent and feminine look which will look quirky and contradictory to her androgynous hair and makeup.

Another Outfit I purchased was a cream/white dress which represents innocence, the floaty and light material represents freedom at the end of the book where she finds herself.

Beautiful cream embroidery detail around the collar and waist

I bought the cross necklace that hangs low to the waist

Finally there is a pair of mustard brown coloured tights from Topshop

Drawing a couple of outfits

The first outfit I drew up was of my black and white dress, a floaty bottomed skirt matched with the cross belt from Urban Outfitters to cinch in the waist. This could be worn with the orange ankle socks and a pair of patient brogue shoes and the cross necklace.

The seconf outfit I drew was of a brown woollen cardigan with a grey school style skirt, mustard knee high socks, cross belt and a white shirt buttoned to the top. This outfit shows her innocent and child-like personality.

The third outfit was of the orange shirt worn with a grey t-shirt material pleated skirt, the cross belt and the knee high socks. The orange of the shirt and the hair will compliment each other looking striking and stunning.

The final drawing is one of the coat with a belt around the waist, again paired with the knee high socks.

Extra Touches

After I did the makeup testing I wanted to see what kind of ginger hair colour would look best for a fashion shot.

I used an auburn coloured wig first which complimented the dark shading and contouring of the makeup. However, I want the hair to be more ginger and brighter with a fringe.

I also added a slight touch of red lipgloss in the center of the lips to symbolise love, the devil and danger. This also add more colour to the face but in a subtle way.

The second wig I tried on was a very bright orange colour. This look was more striking and would suit better for an avant garde style, however I think it may be too bright and look too fake.

Makeup Practice

After finishing my design I decided to yeah of the makeup ideas and products to use.

Firstly I started out with the perfect base using Kryolan's camouflage palette covering up any red or dark and areas and remove any imperfections on the skin. I then used Illamasqua's rich liquid foundation in 200 to match my skin tone.

I brushed my eyebrows up and using a disposable mascara wand to apply a pale foundation to give them a bleached effect.

Combining the bronzing duo and powder in disobey by illamasqua, I heavily contoured my cheekbones around my eye socket and down both sides of my nose to make my face look more structured and thinner. Using the white eyeshadow by MUA I highlighted my the top of my cheekbones and my nose.

I added a light coat of mascara on my eyelashes and used a white liner on my lids to show contrast against the dark shading. I added foundation on my lips and lined them too. I used a pale pink foundation and slightly dapper it into the lips.