The Real life Miss Havisham

The Real life Miss Havisham

Vervia todd who died in November 2012 at 92 years of age was the real life Miss Havisham. She was left widowed after her husband died at war. The real life Miss Havisham kept her whole life a secret including her love and interest of a massive collection of designer vintage clothing, hats and shoes which was worth more than £100,000. The collection of clothing which Vervia Todd was collecting had been from the First World War, which was hidden away in her home.

Her house was found to be so similar to Miss Havishams, Satis house as everything was left the exact same way to when she died, as if she had never left and was living in decay..

Just like Miss Havisham found a way to deal with her pain and betrayal by adopting Estella and teaching her all the reasons that she was hurt, Vervia Todd dealt with her husbands death by collecting vintage clothes but never actually touching them, stashing them away. 

I was very inspired by this story which made me develop my ideas and design of Miss Havisham further. I decided that As Vervia Todd had her clothes that helped her deal with the death of her husband and Miss Havisham from the Great Expectations had Estella, my Miss Havisham had an obsession with her therefore i kept the make up so simple focusing mostly on the hair making it crips and sharp and very bridal.