1. For my first costume for Scaramouche, I’m
thinking of using a jumper to create a
raggedy, grunge-like costume. Because of
this, I’ve decided to look at Juliana Sissons
‘Fashion & Armour’ collection for
inspiration on manipulating knit.
And further inspiration for Scaramouche’s first costume

2. Is a Fashion Designer
She studied Fashion and Textiles alongside Business
Studies at the University of Brighton
 She won an ‘Outstanding Creative Achievement
Award’ and ‘International Student Knitted Textile
Award’ in 2003
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3. She was granted special access in V&A Medieval &
Renaissance collection, to inspire her to create a
‘Fashion & Armour’ collection.
You are able to see obvious connections between the armour
Sissons was inspired by and her knit based work.
It is padded in areas like a suit of armour, and creases and folds
are made in the knitted garments like the gloves in the top
right-hand corner.

4. Some of her designs have gaps and
panelling. For my costume I need
to add panelling and gaps to make
the jumper I’m going to use lighter.
Like Sissons I can add different
materials for the panels, probably
fabrics that are lighter than the
jumper.
Sissons does a lot of laddering
in her work. This would be a
good effect for me to use in
my costume, to make it look
raggedy.
I could also manipulate the
shape, making
Scaramouche more
shapeless ( a bit contrasting
to Sissons style of heavly
shaping the body).

5. Scaramouche’s first costume is a mixture
between Goth and Grunge. The costume
would be baggy and shapeless like Grunge,
and dark and textured like Goth.