Dexter Styling

The clothing in Dexter is very simple and practical. When both Dexter and Debra are working they are either wearing a uniform or just a basic top with trousers. Anything over the top would not suit the job. Dexter can also be seen wearing a few bright linen shirts. I also looked at Dexter's girlfriends clothing to see if she wore anything different. She wore brighter clothing and always seemed to wear clothes that were bright and feminine. I chose to look at the clothes of some of Dexter's characters because I wanted to think about the clothing of my two characters. After researching into the clothes, I knew that I did not want my characters wearing anything special. Claudia is the killer in my storyline, therefore I do not want her standing out to the public and wearing anything over the top. A simple T-shirt will work perfectly with her look. For Mrs Laderman I want her to be wearing something that she would wear everyday.  A simple collared T-shirt would be best for this. She is taken by Claudia and Dexter while she is going about her everyday life. I wanted her to be wearing something that made the audience connect to her and see that she is a nice lady. I therefore had the idea to have her wearing a simple necklace, so that they can see she has emotion and it may have some meaning to it. 

After watching Dexter I came to realise that every time he went to kill, he would always be wearing a tight long-sleeved green top. I decided to research about this and see if there was a reason for this. After researching I came to learn that this top was known as his killing and stalking top. He wears this to show off his muscular body. This gives the impression to his victims that he is more powerful and agile than they are. Wearing the same top also allows the audience to know what is about to happen to happen next in the storyline. If I were to shoot my character more than once I would have them wearing the same outfit. 

Reference

JOHN (2013) Ads 468x60px. Available at: http://www.dexterdaily.com/2013/06/the-story-behind-dexters-clothes-and.html (Accessed: 5 April 2016).