A Killing Joke: Joker Costume

For one of my units at University, I choose to design a costume from one of DC comics popular story 'The Killing Joke' in which tells one of the origins for the character the Joker. The Joker is a famous Villain to the hero of Batman. To get into the mind of this murderous clown I research into all backstories of this character as well as movie, games and comic books, taking inspiration of his costumes and appearances. I also kept a diary and wrote down inspiration quotes, images, fabric samples and a day by day dairy from (what I thought) the Joker would write. From all this in depth research I designed different types of Joker costumes followed with a background story to how the Joker would have got this costume and why would he be wearing it.

My final design fitted into the universe of DC as well as going deep into the history of the Joker. The backstory of my Joker costume is that the Joker has been throw into the Arkham mental Asylum and only escaped by killing a doctor, taking his white coat and meeting up with his on and off girlfriend, Harley Quinn. As a gift for her boyfriend, Harley Quinn dyes badly the white doctors coat purple and embroidered a message.