Black Mass Dress

For a while now I have been inspired by images of black masses, Kenneth Anger films, and the designs of nun uniforms. The common thread (no pun intended) between these is that they all deal with religion. For the record, I am not a satanist though I have been accused of such several times because of my artistic influences. However, if this dress were actually worn during a black mass, I would secretly smile because it isn't just sitting on a hanger.





Using my design aesthetic of intersecting lines and dark overtones, I wanted to design an outfit fit for a black mass. I took shapes and panel design concepts present in the nun uniforms and paired it with a black gradient on the front panel, symbolic of tainted innocence, sin, or even dirt.





I thought the best place to shoot this would be a cemetery. This is a very macabre idea behind a dress, so I decided to go to the root of all things macabre, a cemetery! The narrative of this shoot is basically a nun who sneaks out to preform satanic rituals in a grave yard and basically "raise hell"
While editing the images, I wanted to keep an apocalyptic color format with a lot of greys that matched the colors of the tomb stones. I think this is my best photo shoot so far.