After watching an interesting program called 'McQueen and I', I got thinking about the array of historic creatives who excelled to amazing heights in their careers. 'McQueen and I' was a documentary about Lee Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow. Until watching this, I had not realised how Alexander McQueen had grown up or gained his own influences. He grew up in a very basic council house with his Mother, Father and siblings. On a daily basis birds would flutter around his home, if you look on the images below you can see how he applied this influence into his collection, the bird silhouette is heavily used and works. Although this is fashion I think his creative thought process is inspiring, it shows how you can use what may seem like common objects, and turn them into your success.


Another example from the same genre is Isabella Blow who McQueen was close friends with, looking at her fashion style, it is clear that the pop artist Lady Gaga has been influenced by her look and has turned this into her musical persona. Thus transcending fashion into music.
Isabella Blow


Lady Gaga


In advertising influences are very beneficial in creating a great advert. It can be understanding a certain target market, and using influences which appeal to that audience. So looking at past examples can only aid my learning in this.
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