Monday 6 September 2010

Witches

Ever since I was a little child, I was obsessed with the unconventionally noir characters of the fairy tales that my parents read me while in bedtime. The witches and their craft haunted me till nowadays, wanting to know more and more about this evil individuals with eccentric fashion and unusual physique. I based my university thesis on them and I was also inspired by their looks when I got to design my final year ready to wear collection. The smell of sulfur and their greenish skin combined with historical references to their persecution in Salem or their pact with the devil where a constant in my head during that period. The Wicked Witch of the West or Angelica Houston in the film "Witches" are the perfect incarnation of such mesmerizing creatures. If you cannot get enough of them you can either go to "Wicked" musical, inspired by the villains on "The Wizard of Oz" or watch a re-run of "Bewitched" episodes. Witches have certainly put a spell on me!