The first book I looked at regarding faeries was 'Faerieality'. The book primarily based on costume, is comprised of small drawings of designs of clothes, the right style and size for a fairy. It is presented in a beautiful way with fold out sections, and lots of sections to open, revealing outfits and accessories. This was inspiring for my presentation book, and gave me some ideas of how to get texture into the book and express my development and ideas to the audience.
The use of natural materials to design these outfits was really interesting and inspiring. The use of rose petals and buds as well as other varieties of flower were demonstrated as an interlinking feature between fairies and their natural outdoor habitat. Also the colour scheme varied according to season, with vibrant colours in the summer toning down around autumn and spring and no flower petals used in the costume in winter.
The second book i viewed was 'Good Faeries: Bad Faeries'. This book had an interesting layout split into two sections which required the book to be turned upside down according to the 'good' and 'bad' section. I found the section titled 'good faeries' more useful as the 'bad faerie' section as this looked more at the mystical creatures such as gnomes and orks which didn't relate to my high fashion beauty brief. However the images above taken from the 'good' section provided me with images which i feel would link directly to the rendition of Shakespeares 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' that i have already engaged in. All the faeries had some sort of natural adornment in their hair and also had wings, which instigated a conversation with Rachael about having some wings incorporated into the project. Therefore we now welcome Costume maker emily to our project who will be providing some wings for our shoot! 
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