Dressing Hollywood: artist behind the screen, story of Hollywood's costume shops

Dressing Hollywood is a multimedia website that looks at Hollywood’s costume industry’s past and present. It will take website’s users into the world of costume through an illustrated timeline, a video, and a rollover map. ❧ Costume is a trade with a humble beginning that has developed into the industry that can now be found all over Los Angeles. But it is currently facing problems from emerging technology to the lack of young craftsmen entering the workforce. ❧ Bringing an introduction of the artists, creations, and their challenges online then became my goal. After all, younger generations are more prolific users of digital media and their use of social media may compensate for the decline of their use on traditional news media. Base on a research done in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava, 72% of the respondents were active participants when it comes to sharing the news on social networks and on newspaper websites. Therefore creating a shareable website became the objective. ❧ I hope to capture the magic of visual storytelling done by the costume designers. And by creating an interactive and shareable website, it would be more accessible to younger artists.