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6356 Christina Homer
scrumps64 Send Email
Apr 16, 2005
12:48 pm
I've posted this to anoth group, so sorry if you get this twice: Hello, Does anyone here have a costume plot for Romeo & Juliet? Or know where to find one...
6357 Contessa
costumegodde... Send Email
Apr 16, 2005
3:07 pm
We do Romeo and Juliet every year, changing over the complete cast every other year...it is our February/Valentines event and amazingly the whole month sells...
6358 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Apr 16, 2005
3:27 pm
I'm not sure what exactly you are looking for, since I always make up my own costume plots. Aren't they rather individual, depending on what the designer...
6359 Contessa
costumegodde... Send Email
Apr 16, 2005
3:58 pm
Hmm that's true...I always do my own and what I do might or might not help someone else... Contessa Sylvia Rognstad <sylvia@...> wrote: I'm not sure what...
6360 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Apr 16, 2005
4:04 pm
I guess it could save some time. I was just wondering. Sylrog ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
6361 Siebel San
siebelsan Send Email
Apr 16, 2005
7:49 pm
Kudos! That looks absolutely fabulous! Jessica ... Visit my website! www.geocities.com/imaginations_flight/ - - - - - - - - - - “If the world could have...
6362 Costume Gallery
monmouth_the... Send Email
Apr 17, 2005
4:08 am
6363 Cynthia Spilsted
gintzed23 Send Email
Apr 17, 2005
8:30 pm
Hello all: I just had this very same discussion with my kids! I live in a small town and do costuming primarily for dance with the odd theatre stuff thrown...
6364 Cynthia Spilsted
gintzed23 Send Email
Apr 17, 2005
9:20 pm
The panty is sewn to the underpart of the skirt. The piece that the skirt is sewn to goes up and under the bodice which is then tacked in place while the...
6365 catslave54 Send Email Apr 18, 2005
6:46 am
I talked to someone who works in film here and she is getting low in spirits as well trying to work for a decent wage.I guess theatre is not the only place it...
6366 Paul Watson
doc41st Send Email
Apr 18, 2005
11:38 am
Hear Hear! Though I will admit that I have had this conversation with both the Director AND the Head Costumer... Their response was almost the same; "we...
6367 Kathy Pawl
lotsakats1 Send Email
Apr 18, 2005
12:55 pm
Been doing costumes in one place or another for almost 30 years now - no wait that means I'm HOW OLD??????? Oh.....dear..... Been doing this for quite a few...
6368 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Apr 18, 2005
3:08 pm
This conversation got me to thinking about how fees for stage costume designers compare to those of set and lighting designers. And how the workload of all of...
6369 lanorte1@...
lanorte1 Send Email
Apr 18, 2005
3:41 pm
In a message dated 4/18/2005 1:47:00 AM Central Standard Time, zimmermanel@... writes: I talked to someone who works in film here and she is getting low in...
6370 Curtis Kidd
GCKidd Send Email
Apr 18, 2005
5:32 pm
... You mean there's actually enough demand for makeup designers in your area to make that a viable job? Most theaters around here just have the actors do...
6371 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Apr 18, 2005
9:26 pm
... I dont think the set designer puts in any work preliminary work than the costume designer, who also has to do research, renderings and shopping. Sylrog ...
6372 Contessa
costumegodde... Send Email
Apr 19, 2005
10:27 am
It is amazing to me that after decades of doing this, some actors that I have fitted at our theatre for 10 years or more ...in Rennaisance garments, which I...
6373 Bjarne og Leif Drews
tailordrews Send Email
Apr 19, 2005
3:01 pm
Hi, I just wanted to ask if any here could help me. I am sewing a mans justeaucorps 1766. The jacket has full skirts. How much seam allowanse would you have in...
6374 Brad Gould
bradleyvictor Send Email
Apr 19, 2005
9:18 pm
Hi, When I've done a coat like that I've used about a 1/4" seam allowance, about 0.5cm. And I've understitched the edge. What fabric are you doing them in? ...
6375 Tara Maginnis
thecostumers... Send Email
Apr 20, 2005
6:58 am
... -- ... of the Theatre Department of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Website: "The Costumer's Manifesto" at http://costumes.org Theatre Department Web...
6376 Margie Lee
midgermadger Send Email
Apr 20, 2005
9:21 am
Can someone tell me how I can see pictures of these costumes please?Tara...
6377 Bjarne og Leif Drews
tailordrews Send Email
Apr 20, 2005
2:33 pm
Hi, My material for the whole outfit, jacket, waistcoat and breeches are made in pale blue silk duchesse satin. I interline the whole jacket ekcept the sleaves...
6378 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Apr 20, 2005
5:38 pm
I'm designing Noises Off for a theatre in late spring and am wondering if there are any theatrical costume designers on this list from the other side of the...
6379 Maggie Baker
CostumeDesigner Send Email
Apr 20, 2005
5:51 pm
Yes, we wear black for backstage work here too. I think that script note is just a theatrical convention for the play since those characters are supposed to...
6380 Contessa
pearlcontessa Send Email
Apr 20, 2005
6:45 pm
I had so much fun designing for Noises off. We did use the Black for back stage, but we had different styles, not just the black t-shirt and black pants. It...
6381 djuby@...
dwjuby Send Email
Apr 21, 2005
2:04 pm
Backstage technicians in Britain do not usually wear black. Not sure what they mean by evening clothes in the script, but I do know that our SM in Miss Saigon...
6382 David
dwjuby Send Email
Apr 21, 2005
2:07 pm
Wearing black could be fairly recent and have started since the writing of Noises Off. Even in Canada 15 to 20 years ago it was not uncommon to just wear dark...
6383 Loretta Armstrong
laminathegreat Send Email
Apr 21, 2005
4:35 pm
This question actualy comes from aone of my husbands co-workers.. What is the name of the tool used to make slashings in Elizabethan costumes? My first thought...
6384 CostumeShopManager
hcdancy Send Email
Apr 21, 2005
6:01 pm
We use leather tools (knives, skives, punches or chisels) as appropriate to the materials and size of the slashing. Sometimes shears are the best tool. ...
6385 Irmgart
irmgart_h Send Email
Apr 21, 2005
8:59 pm
well... I think usually just a sharp knife or scissors would be used to make the slashes. I think the "chisel" that he is thinking of is "pinking" (the little...
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