Cheating Jordan Baker

I found this fabulous image on Pinterest of a 1920's inspired look! I just love this image and in a way it reminds me of Jordan Baker, it reminds me of her flirtatious side and way she's looking into the mirror shows me the side of her where she will do anything to win her golfing tournaments ! Its a part of Jordan that you don't see a lot of but its a side that to me plays a big part.

1920's For Women

This video helped to give me a lot of insight into what the 1920's was like for women! This will help me to create my character, Jordan Baker as I can take into account all these different events that happened, what they worse and the styles of hair & make up.

CHANEL 

Rouge Allure Red

Chanel is the perfect brand to use as their looks are very 1920's. I imagine Jordan to wear a red lip to parties. The red lip is something that has to be perfect to represent class and sophistication if its applied wrong it can look cheap and tacky. Heres a video on how to get that perfect lip which I feel Jordan Baker would pull off with class and elegance. The lipstick used is Rouge Allure in 99 PIRATE.

 Madonna By Helmut Newton

This photograph of Madonna by Helmut Newton represents my character, Jordan as she will do anything to win her golfing tournaments and here shows Madonna holding a mans head looking into the distance as if she's seducing and manipulising this man to get what she wants which is the same as what Jordan would do to win a golfing tournament.

Golfing at Le Touquet, Harpers Bazaar, 1939

This image reflects my character, not just because the woman is a golfer but because the way she holds her head up right is like shes saying she cant be messed with, shes a strong woman and shes in charge. She has a male golf caddy in the background which to me shows that she isnt going let any man think shes worthless and shes a strong woman. She's wearing a skirt suit which represents 'the new woman'. Shes also paying full attention to where the ball is going showing that shes very with it and alert at most times. The way her leg is placed infront of her, with her posture as straight as a piece of paper shows she's a confident person.

1920's Sportswear

This Coco Chanel look was from the Spring/Summer 2008 collection. Jordan Baker epitomises the Jazz age fashion. This is the perfect look for a 21st century Jordan Baker. The left hand look is a more relaxed sportswear and the right hand look is a more classier/fashionable look.

These are some hangbags that I have picked out from the A/W 2013/2014 fashion shows, that I feel are right for my character and which will help to create my 3 different pictures.

This bag by Burberry would be perfect for Jordan as an every day handbag as its very bold and classy with out being very girly.

Jordan could use this bag by Burberry for her dates with nick as its still very simple but the little bit of fur shows that she knows how to have a bit of fun.

These images are based on what I imagine by character to be wearing if she was based in a 21st century. I have taken into account that my character is seen as 'the new woman.' These looks are from the A/W 2013-2014 look fashion shows.

My character would wear this playsuit during the day depending on the material and I would leave the playsuit black or possibly white but nothing complicated as shes a very straight forward woman. This playsuit by Antonio Beradi. Its very masculine but feminine at the same time.

I imagine Jordan to wear this outfit to a party or to a social gathering a place where shes willing to let people in and show who she really is underneath her 'independant woman' look but I dont imagine the material to be in this pattern though, I can imagine it to be quite a simple pattern or maybe just a colour that represents her being a little bit flirtactious, maybe in a silk material for evening wear. The designers name for this is Giles.

I can see Jordan wearing this outfit to a dinner meal or even out for a date with Nick. To me this look shows that shes in control and she doesnt need to be looked after, shes a very independant woman. This is by Osman.

Social & Culture

The new woman: Changing views of women in the 1920's

Charleston Dance Becomes Popular

The charleston dance became popular after appearing along with the song, "The Charleston," by James p. Johnson in the broadway musical Runnin' Wild in 1923. The dance was tracked back to the black who lived on an island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. The Charleston dance had been performed in black communities since 1903 but didn't become popular till 1923.

1920's Music 

By the twenties Jazz gained huge popularity in America and worldwide. New dance routines were devised. Jazz was being played in dance halls and roadhouses all over the country.

Make Up & Hair

During the 1920's women would colour there faces with cream or ivory face powder. Later on in the twenties a powder which matched to the nature hue of skin- perhaps a shade brighter came in fashion.
Mid twenties women wore a deep red, deep brownish reds, plum and orange on their lips, by the end of the twenties rose, raspberry and medium red were a new trend.

Usually eyes were quite dark. the whole eye was edged with a black eyeliner and then blurred from the outside of the eyelid, inwards. Eyelashes were then painted in black.

Eyebrows were thin and downward sloping which were inked with black or brown eyeliner.

Nails were only painted in the center.

Hair

1920's changed from traditional long hair style of the victorian era to new short hair style like the bob. Stylish curls and waves were added in the mid twenties. They used a technique which was called a finger wave.

1920's Fashion
1920's was the era that women ditched the restricting corsets in replacement for floaty dresses, hats, shoes, stockings, handbags, dresses and jewelry which all came together to create a new unique and elegant style. In the early 1920's womens fashion experienced a dramatic change following the end of the World War. New and colourful fabrics were seen as a celebration and joy of the ending of the War.
Dresses were lighter and brighter and shorter than ever before. Designers worked with new textures and colours.

In 1920 men wore high waisted jackets, worn with belts. Suit jackets tended to be buttoned up high, this was influenced by the uniform worn by the military in the World War. In 1925 wider trousers came into fashion and suit jackets returned to a normal waist.

Men worse hats depending on their class;
                          Upper class- top hats
                          Middle class- fedora or trilby hats
                         

Top Hat

Fedora hat

Narrative Analysis

Title of the book: The Great Gatsby
Film Director: 1974 : Jack clayton
Book Genre/type of book: Modernist Novel, Jazz Age, novel of manners, romantic tragedy
Main Character: Jay Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Nick (narrator)
Secondary characters: Myrtle, George, Jordan
Background characters: Owl Eyes, DR.T.J. Eckleburg

What is the background of this book, why did the author write it?

Fitzgerald started writing it in June 1922 and began composing The Great Gatsby in 1923. Fitzgerald intended to edit and reshape Gatsby thoroughly. He describe is an "the imagination of a sincere and yet radiant world." In 1992 fitzgerald moved to the Great Neck long island with his family, which is where the wealthy people lived who were all wanting the 'american dream' and across the bay is where the americans with not a lot of money lived. This is where he got his idea from to create the "West Egg"and the "East Egg".

Theres one woman in particular that reminds me of Jordan Baker and that is the famous Gabrielle Chanel who has a contradictory personality, highly competitive and is a driven opportunist. not only this but Gabrielle Chanel was the first designer to create trousers and suits for women. She was androgynous. 

Gabrielle Chanel

Chanel Tailored suit for women

Jordans Look

Jordans golfing look:

Hair: This is how I imagine Jordans hair to be. I imagine it to be relaxed but with a slight finger curl to it.

This is the kind of attire I  imagine Jordan to wear whilst golfing.

During the evenings when attending Gatsbys parties Jordan would dress up like all the other women with the perfect finger curls and beautiful, elegant gowns and pearls.

Jordan Baker is from the West Egg ( the newly rich part of New York) but like Nick she travels between the West Egg (represents the old aristocracy) the East Egg.

This is an example of one of the houses in the West Egg.

Chosen Character

The character I have chosen is Jordan Baker who is a beautiful, self-centred, independant golf player who represents the new woman of 1920's. She comes across as less fearless than all the other women, Jordan is also a bit of a gold digger as she wouldn't marry a man who earned little money. She very cynical-she knows a lot about other peoples business.

 Character List

Nick Carraway -  The novel’s narrator, Nick is a young man from Minnesota who, after being educated at Yale and fighting in World War I, goes to New York City to learn the bond business. Honest, tolerant, and inclined to reserve judgment, Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. After moving to West Egg, a fictional area of Long Island that is home to the newly rich, Nick quickly befriends his next-door neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. As Daisy Buchanan’s cousin, he facilitates the rekindling of the romance between her and Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick’s eyes; his thoughts and perceptions shape and color the story.

Jay Gatsby -  The title character and protagonist of the novel, Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. He is famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night, but no one knows where he comes from, what he does, or how he made his fortune. As the novel progresses, Nick learns that Gatsby was born James Gatz on a farm in North Dakota; working for a millionaire made him dedicate his life to the achievement of wealth. When he met Daisy while training to be an officer in Louisville, he fell in love with her. Nick also learns that Gatsby made his fortune through criminal activity, as he was willing to do anything to gain the social position he thought necessary to win Daisy. Nick views Gatsby as a deeply flawed man, dishonest and vulgar, whose extraordinary optimism and power to transform his dreams into reality make him “great” nonetheless.

Daisy Buchanan -  Nick’s cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves. As a young woman in Louisville before the war, Daisy was courted by a number of officers, including Gatsby. She fell in love with Gatsby and promised to wait for him. However, Daisy harbors a deep need to be loved, and when a wealthy, powerful young man named Tom Buchanan asked her to marry him, Daisy decided not to wait for Gatsby after all. Now a beautiful socialite, Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island. She is sardonic and somewhat cynical, and behaves superficially to mask her pain at her husband’s constant infidelity.

Tom Buchanan -  Daisy’s immensely wealthy husband, once a member of Nick’s social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family, Tom is an arrogant, hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism, and he never even considers trying to live up to the moral standard he demands from those around him. He has no moral qualms about his own extramarital affair with Myrtle, but when he begins to suspect Daisy and Gatsby of having an affair, he becomes outraged and forces a confrontation.

Jordan Baker -  Daisy’s friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer, Jordan represents one of the “new women” of the 1920s—cynical, boyish, and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful, but also dishonest: she cheated in order to win her first golf tournament and continually bends the truth.

Myrtle Wilson -  Tom’s lover, whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation. Unfortunately for her, she chooses Tom, who treats her as a mere object of his desire.

George Wilson -  Myrtle’s husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves and idealizes Myrtle, and is devastated by her affair with Tom. George is consumed with grief when Myrtle is killed. George is comparable to Gatsby in that both are dreamers and both are ruined by their unrequited love for women who love Tom.

Owl Eyes -  The eccentric, bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby’s mansion. Nick finds Owl Eyes looking through Gatsby’s library, astonished that the books are real.

Klipspringer -  The shallow freeloader who seems almost to live at Gatsby’s mansion, taking advantage of his host’s money. As soon as Gatsby dies, Klipspringer disappears—he does not attend the funeral, but he does call Nick about a pair of tennis shoes that he left at Gatsby’s mansion.

Meyer Wolfsheim -  Gatsby’s friend, a prominent figure in organized crime. Before the events of the novel take place, Wolfsheim helped Gatsby to make his fortune bootlegging illegal liquor. His continued acquaintance with Gatsby suggests that Gatsby is still involved in illegal business.

Interpreting Narrative 

Interpreting Narrative means to explain the meaning of a spoken or written account of connected events; a stor: "a bare narrative of the details".

In my first year, I did fashion styling and chose to do CV & Career Building, when I changed over to do make up and hair, interpreting narrative appealed to me more as I felt it would help me to create a whole new character using the skills I will learn and that it was better suited for the working side of things.

We had a choice of 12 books to choose from. Originally I chose Quite Ugly One Morning but changed my mind and decided on The Great Gatsby.