Liverpool Look.

In Febuary of this year, the new Museum of Liverpool was getting ready to open. For one of their exhibitions they set up a competition named 'Made Up: The Liverpool Look'. As part of one of our modules, we entered the competition. The aim was to create a doll which emcompasses aspects of Liverpool whether it be to mimic a style tribe within Liverpool or your own view on the city. For my doll I decided to show as many of Liverpool's attributes as possible such as music, architecture and style. The prize for the competition was that your doll could be selected to be exhibited in the museum for up to two years and... mine was chosen!!

So my idea was that to show Liverpool's style I decided to to use the popular top knot bun that many girls wear in and around the city. I also decided to use net fabric for the top as it is slightly see through which represents how the girls enjoy dressing up and aren't afraid to show some flesh. The clock and the wings on the top half of the doll are a representation of the famous Liver Building, the wings of which are covered in articles from the city's newspaper the Liverpool Echo. The skirt I made from card which I shaped and coloured as vinyl records emcompassing how popular music is in Liverpool and reminds people of famous bands such as The Beatles!