Material Selection.

I went shopping around London looking for a good fabric, with a colour best suited for my final design; i wanted as close to the shade of brown that i drew in my final illustration, but it was very difficult to find a leather look material that was in that colour as most of them came in blacks, whites and reds.
In the end, I did find what I required and it helped that the fabric had a one way stretch.

I wanted to make props for the final shoot as well because i thought that if it was just the outfit it would make the final shoot look quite plain; I settled with making a top hat, because i already had the knowledge on how to make one, a mace, because the character herself wields a mace, and a mask.
To make the top hat, i bought more foam sheets, for the mace I decided to use cardboard from old moving boxes as it was the best suited thickness for the prop, and i bought the mask because i knew it would take less time than me learning the steps and trying to make one from scratch.