Costume Design, Styling, Film and Performance

Dream Girl is a collection of costumes, a short film and a performance centered around the gaze towards women in Anime and video games.

The inspiration for this project bergen with an interesting conversation I had with a friend. We were discussing our mutual interests in video games and anime, then got onto the topic of the infantilisation and perversion of anime. I was really fascinated by these ideas and decided to research further, finding out about this concept of ‘fanservice’. This concept basically refers to the more perverted areas of anime, such as up-skirting shots, which are made to bring in viewers for this ‘fanservice’. I wanted to explore something like this where the audience becomes the ‘player’ of the game, and the characters can get revenge for this. Key inspirations were games such as Yandere simulator, which i grew up playing and Doki Doki literature club. The final piece was made in the style of playing a dating simulator gone wrong.

Made by me: Latex nurse dress, Latex nurse eye patch, Latex nurse hat, Latex Bunny set, Bunny ears, Latex black strapless dress, Latex garter, Latex choker, Latex pink dress, Pink crown.

Credits
The Princess Amanda Hsiao
The Vampire Lily Malone
The Nurse Sofia Westergren
The bunny Kirsty Roberts
The player Issy Cason
Lighting Design Lucas Kent
Film concept and editing Sofia Westergren