R+P Post 13: Influences and inspirations from art, fashion and culture

We have been influenced by a lot of 90s R&B artists and their styling as we wanted to take these familiar old school elements and build on them to give a modern twist to keep it current and relevant. In addition to this, we were also inspired from TV and film by actors and characters that are cute yet slightly socially awkward nerds as they are so lovable and it's a mix of characteristics that I think could work well for our artist.

90s R&B 

Below is a collage of 90s R&B artists with fashion elements that I would like to include in the styling of our artist.

Artists: Jodeci, Ginuwine, Boyz II Men, R Kelly, Usher and Blackstreet

A trend I picked out from this research was the big chains, white vest tops and baggy jeans/trousers. Taking these elements and putting a more modern twist on them is something that our group would like to do, for example having an understated silver chain and a white muscle tee with tighter fitting jeans so it's not so much of a throwback.

TV and Film

Below are examples of the lovable nerd characters in TV and film including Stuart from The Internship, Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds and Jughead Jones from Riverdale.

Recently there have been more and more characters that are quite awkward and nerdy but still lovable and good looking. I feel that this is something we can incorporate into our artist's image to break the conventional view that singers, especially R&B singers, are very smooth and confident. Coupling some of the 90s fashion elements with the style seen above such as messy hair, beanies and hoodies could help modernise the traditional R&B look and make our artist stand out.