What to wear? What to wear?
Men worry about it as well as women, although apparently not so much.
I'm not much of a fashion buff, but in Naked Hero I had to think about clothing. I might not have been too bothered about what I was wearing for most of the day whilst sitting at my laptop typing away, but I needed to think about my characters. I needed to dress them and dress then correctly - it's not easy being a writer you know.
Clothing features in a major way in The Journey Away, and it's Lewis who will make the big fashion statement at the end. Needless to say, it's not Lewis that is behind it - Lee Porter is the model and the one who knows about clothes. And of course it was Lee I had to think about most when dressing my characters, although everyone gets to strut down the cat walk at some point. I'll do a retrospective in the next few blogs to illustrate this, but for now, here is Mr. Porter... thinking about fashion...
Monday morning in Australia, and everyone in the Darlinghurst apartment was still in bed, except for Lee Porter who was making some last minute changes to his selection of clothes for his trip to Melbourne. He had given the subject of what to take a lot of thought since the ticket arrived the previous day. An open return! Exactly how long did Lewis expect him to stay? Lee decided to plan for a week whilst giving the impression he’d assumed only one night. He had gone through a variety of scenarios for the trip. Envisaging himself in different situations, and wondering what best to be wearing at the time. He needed to strike a balance, and get the image right – right for Lewis, his team, and the public at large.
As he examined the clothes he had lain out on his bed, Lee realised that it was Lewis he was dressing for, but it was the public that he needed to impress the most. Once again he was getting distracted - losing focus on the prize. Items were discarded that he thought too ‘gay’ or too ‘tarty’. It
was better to tone things down: subtlety rather than in your face ‘Look at me! Ain’t I gorgeous!’ was Lee’s revised view so that the world could see a different side of him. There would be enough of the obvious after the event, for the millions that he hoped would be logging into his website.
New items were searched for. Not happy with what he found in his wardrobe, Lee was considering a shopping trip in Melbourne when his mobile rang.
Men worry about it as well as women, although apparently not so much.
I'm not much of a fashion buff, but in Naked Hero I had to think about clothing. I might not have been too bothered about what I was wearing for most of the day whilst sitting at my laptop typing away, but I needed to think about my characters. I needed to dress them and dress then correctly - it's not easy being a writer you know.
Clothing features in a major way in The Journey Away, and it's Lewis who will make the big fashion statement at the end. Needless to say, it's not Lewis that is behind it - Lee Porter is the model and the one who knows about clothes. And of course it was Lee I had to think about most when dressing my characters, although everyone gets to strut down the cat walk at some point. I'll do a retrospective in the next few blogs to illustrate this, but for now, here is Mr. Porter... thinking about fashion...
Monday morning in Australia, and everyone in the Darlinghurst apartment was still in bed, except for Lee Porter who was making some last minute changes to his selection of clothes for his trip to Melbourne. He had given the subject of what to take a lot of thought since the ticket arrived the previous day. An open return! Exactly how long did Lewis expect him to stay? Lee decided to plan for a week whilst giving the impression he’d assumed only one night. He had gone through a variety of scenarios for the trip. Envisaging himself in different situations, and wondering what best to be wearing at the time. He needed to strike a balance, and get the image right – right for Lewis, his team, and the public at large.
As he examined the clothes he had lain out on his bed, Lee realised that it was Lewis he was dressing for, but it was the public that he needed to impress the most. Once again he was getting distracted - losing focus on the prize. Items were discarded that he thought too ‘gay’ or too ‘tarty’. It
was better to tone things down: subtlety rather than in your face ‘Look at me! Ain’t I gorgeous!’ was Lee’s revised view so that the world could see a different side of him. There would be enough of the obvious after the event, for the millions that he hoped would be logging into his website.
New items were searched for. Not happy with what he found in his wardrobe, Lee was considering a shopping trip in Melbourne when his mobile rang.