idea #2 mysical beings

Mystical beings have been heard of for 100s of years, these include vampires, witches

and werewolfs .

Vampires

vampires have been known since pre historic times but they were never called

'vampires' until the 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe. although local variants were also known by different names, such as vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania. This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism. vampires through history have been changed in the past

vampires were known to be feared but now people want to meet them and be like them, this is because of

films that appear in cinema. before the 19th century vampires wernt known for having

fangs or being affraid of the sunlight this started in count dracula. The cloak appeared in stage productions of the 1920s, with a high collar introduced by playwright Hamilton Deane to help Dracula 'vanish' on stage. Lord Ruthven and Varney were able to be healed by moonlight, although no account of this is known in traditional folklore.  Implied though not often explicitly documented in folklore, immortality is one attribute which features heavily in vampire film and literature. Much is made of the price of eternal life, namely the incessant need for blood of former equals. The present films we see about vampire are completley different,
we see vampires being good - feeding on animal blood instead of humans, sparkling in sunlight as appose
to dying also in programs a vampire can wear a ring that lets them be seen in sunlight. we also see vampires falling in love where as vampires are usually known for their exotic ways. another thing is vampires now
have special powers such as mind reading and mind compultion. The costumes or vampires arent
very interesting basically there always dressed in normal clothing but when dracula came out the were
known for wearing cloaks - so i think if i was to base my fmp on vampires it would be quite hard to
design a collection based on them.