PLANNING: REFUGEE COSTUME

For the female refugee my group and I decided for her to wear a plain-looking jumper with a long skirt and a hijab - making her look more like a real refugee. When deciding what the costume would look like I googled "refugee clothing". The picture below shows a screenshot of what my search came up with.

As you can see, the refugees all seem to wear simply, plain clothing - with most of the women wearing long skirts or dresses. I also noticed that a lot of the female refugees wore hijabs. I researched hijabs further to find out what Kate ( playing the female refugee) should wear. Below is a screenshot from a picture I found on Google. 

Below is the costume that Kate wore for filming. Kate also wore a scarf over her head as a hijab although this is not in the picture. This female refugee is portrayed as being caring and vulnerable - as  she has had to leave her home county and travel to the UK for safety, protection and a new start to life. She is shown to be caring as she is seen holding her baby in her arms, making sure he/she is safe. 

As for the male refugee, my group and I also decided he should wear simple clothing. Omar (playing the male refugee) ended up wearing trousers, a top and a jacket. When deciding what Omar's costume was going to look like I - again - googled male refugees and whats sort of clothing they wear. Below are screenshots of my findings. 

From looking at these sort of pictures I was able to gain a better understanding as to what Omar should be wearing.