Greetings! My name is Rowenna, and I found this list through the Costumer's Manifesto website. Congratulations to whomever it was redid the site; it is...
Wanna know about romance in the Far East? How do the men there treat their women? How do people meet, fall in love? Written in a casual yet informative...
I have someone in the Los Angeles area who wants a victorian dress for her 15 year old daughter, made custom by August 15th. I am too busy right now to do it....
"What kind of costuming do you do? -Jessie" Hmmm....that is definately easier than what my interests are :). I have done costuming for a haunted house (GYRO's...
... The link for that list, and lots of other costume elists can be found at http://www.costumes.org/pages/e_lists.htm -- ... Chair of the Theatre Department...
I pontificate at length on my own ideas about resumes and portfolios here http://www.costumes.org/pages/portfoli.htm -- ... Chair of the Theatre Department of...
My 15 year old daughter was asked to make a cloak and costume for a friend. She's a fair sewer (very patient). What scale should she charge. The friend...
The only thing I can think of is to give them some kind of waterproof sealing first, such as an acryllic sealant or the like. Maybe even a really sturdy...
Job Listing: Costume Shop Supervisor & Lecturer II Position ( non-tenure track) Dept. of Theatre & Dance University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505)...
Hi! I am Dusty, a good friend of Fairchild. She had a crash and will be offline for at least a week and a half. If you need anything from her, you can email me...
Ok, I'm all better now... My new Elizabethan is finished and properly named the Big Pig. I won first place in the costume contest at our faire and I'm soooooo...
Okay so I am designing a production of Neil Simon's broadway Bound and the director cast a huge man in the role of Jack, the working class husband. He has a...
I am new to the list and just wanted to say Hey! I do everything from Elizabethan for the ren-faires, all classes, to costuming entire opera productions....
Does anyone know of any patterns available for costume armor like for Sir Lancelot in Camelot or Don Quixote in Man of LaMancha? With today's metallic fabrics...
If you have been having problems accessing The Costumer's Manifesto this week, go to http://63.100.111.49 instead, where I have temporarily moved the site....
Hi! I have found that Baer Fabrics in Louisville, Ky. are great for having a lot of colors of just about everything. They send out swatches and I think that I...
Yesterday InterNIC finally transferred my domain, so now The Costumer's Manifesto is back up and running again at http://www.costumes.org as usual. -- ... ...
I am using a Vintage Vogue 1950 pattern as a basis for one of thw omen's suits in my show. The picture on the front of the pattern shows there being a slit in...
One of the nice things about the re-enactment groups that are centered around afternoon tea is that the point is getting together with people who appreciate...
A woman in our town worked for about 35 years sewing for a group of women who were her regular clients. These women all went to the country clubs and all the...
Hi! I think Sylvia has something there. Most of us do this kind of work either for the love or the challenge or because being involved in the theatre is fun. (...
Hello everyone, My name is Consuelo Rockliff-Stein, and I've just joined the list. I'm about to make the transition from costuming for myself and friends to...
Hi all of callused fingers & thread-hairy costumers, My name is Karyna. I have recently changed disciplines (3years ago). I started in fashion and moved on to...
USITT has a detailed survey of all US costume programs at http://www.usitt.org/commissions/cos.survey/home.htm also this page of the manifesto, has links to...
