Wearing the fit

     For costume design, I had to think about a lot of costumes. This was extremely easy... for the men. Most movies only have men as the main characters when it comes to mafia styled movies. So finding costume designs for the women was hard, especially since the main character was most likely to be a female. Although I couldn't find much on the females, I did have the costume designs for men. I found that the main guys usually wear more of a suit outfit. For example, "The Godfather" has the main guys wearing suits with bow ties. 

"The Godfather"

    I thought later into the opening, there will be some characters that appear in the background, so essentially background characters. They usually wear something that appears natural and the same as all the other background characters so that they are shown to not be important like the main characters. One movie, in particular, caught my eye. "The Sting" is a movie made in 1973, and its costume design seems very natural and loose. I saw what the people were wearing under, and saw that they had normal button-up shirts and some ties. I thought maybe these background characters can have this type of costume design. The characters can wear button-ups with rolled-up shirts and maybe a hat as well to show they are just there as minor characters. 

"The Sting"

    I then had to think of the other main characters, who are not as important. Going back to "The Sting", I saw that the main person has just a vest on and a tie. I thought, "maybe they can have something similar." So I decided that the characters would have a variety of things to wear, that'll make them stand out. I thought it would be best if everyone had different style choices. These characters would be connected to the main characters wearing suits, so I decided to make them wear similar color schemes, and to also give them similar attire. For example, if one character in a red suit was wearing a hat, the character related to them wouldn't wear the suit but would wear a red outfit (button up preferably), and would also wear a hat and put the two close together at some point. 

    Researching the men, eventually, I found some more costume designs for the women of the film opening. They have similar costumes as men, for example, suits. The main difference was these were suits for females. I thought maybe the older and more seen characters would wear this type of suit as well. Which relates to the main characters who are wearing suits. So it would be a matching outfit for the family or one side. This mainly came from the movie "Bonnie and Clyde" a film made in 1967 which does star a female. This helped show what can relate, and the schemes do match with the outfit. The white on one character makes her stand out, showing her as the main target, but it matches the hat that the man next to her is wearing, so I can most likely accomplish a similar goal.

"Bonnie and Clyde"

    I found another movie called "The Gangster Squad" that has a female star in it as well. Although she wears more dress-like outfits, some do match the contrast of the suit. Then I thought, maybe the side that is opposing the main characters can be wearing this type of outfit, which shows how there is no connection to the business, unlike what the main characters are trying to achieve. This can show then contrast between the family and address the conflict using different means as well. 

"The Gangster Squad"

    I thought I was done, but I realized that I have to make my character stick out. Then I thought of something that can show both meanings, and make the character stand out to the main purpose of the character. I can do something similar to what the men are gonna wear. Just like a son will wear similar clothing to the father, this character will do so too. Since it's an all-female side, and one does need to come up eventually and stick in, she can wear similar outfits to the males, and show more authority than them by wearing more suitlike clothing, that the men would wear, and relate the schemes to the father. In the end, all costume designs will have meaning behind them, and try and are attractive to the audience to focus on the main characters.