In 1920, the 18th Amendment was passed making the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal. But many people in this time of prohibition continued to drink and gangsters made enormous amounts of money from supplying illegal liquor. The prohibition was meant to help reduce crimes because many religious movements believed that alcohol made the American country worse that it was. in the play we the theme of gangsters run throughout in the battle of fat Sam with his rival gang. During this era people wore fashion as shown below which is something that my designs should be close to.




below are some images of what I think the characters would look like in modern context.





The images above are the ideas I have for fat Sam because the top dogs don't just dress anyhow they dress smart to reflect that they run things instead of doing the dirty work that gangsters are associated with. I think that the character of fat Sam should wear a suit because that is how it was originally done plus after research I found out that both modern gangsters and prohibition era gangsters wear suits. His suit should contain very few pockets as shown in the diagram below because lots of pockets means there is extra weight on the costume which would not help maximise the character's movement.





Tallulah is the second character I chose for this project because after reading through the script she was one of those characters that sprang out of the page through the way they are described and what they say.  The script shows that the character is different from the others through the way she dresses therefore this needs to be reflected by a unique costume design for the character. She is also very dominant which is enforced by what she says which is something that I think should be included in the design because I think she thinks she is better than the rest of the characters. below are some images and diagrams of what I picture this character wearing including some modern pictures of what she would look like if this was set with a modern context.








The last character I chose was the gang. they would all wear the same because they are just as important to fat Sam as each other. I think that they should have an opposite colour to their leader to reflect their positions in the gang. My initial idea was to have them in black and fat Sam in a white suit because there is a huge contrast in the two colours and they compliment each other at the same time. this would reflect the difference between fat Sam and his gang and also how important the gang is to fat Sam because they are the ones that make him look good plus without them fat Sam has next to no power. Below are some images of what I picture them to wear including some stretches of my design ideas.