Costume Research

As we’ve chosen to use a Joy Division song for our music video, I am researching the kind of style and clothes that the members of the band wear. In our video the people representing the band will be girls so we will attempt to integrate Joy Divisions trend into a modern punk on females.

Ian Curtis was the most well known member of the band. He was the lead singer and had a serious and rigid persona which he presented in his performance and style. He usually was seen wearing a plain shirt with normal looking trousers. Considering the time and genre Joy Divisions music was made in alongside bands like the Sex Pistols and the Clash, this was a very conservative way of dressing, though it became a signature part of Joy Division’s appeal.



The rest of the band dressed similarly wearing simple shirts and trousers also sometimes a shirt and a tie.