Thanks, all, for your stories and suggestions. I've taken the opportunity to clear out a bunch of old stuff, which is good. The Company Board decided to set...
I wrote that I was in need of a good color picture of the high brown lace-up shoe/boot that little country boys would have worn in the 20's, even 30's. ...
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...
Does anyone know the source of this description of the Dark Ages ? If you possibly supply me with the name of the 'pithy scholar' mentioned by Dr Maginnis I'd...
... Beverly Hills Cop was earlier 80's...BHC2 was 87-88. Some other films to look at: The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, Can't Buy Me Love, Just One of the...
Oh and I forgot to mention that we now have most everything in plastic bins and boxes too...critters do seem to like to eat cardboard...and yes we did have a...
There are rats in the ballet studio!!! We've always had moths and silverfish, but this is too much for me. I've managed to keep my fabrics and costumes out of...
I am in need of a good color picture of the high brown lace-up shoe/boot that little country boys would have worn in the 20's, even 30's. Can be well-worn or...
I need to redye faded denim material. The base material is good and dyed ok, but these puffy pants have been worn for a while and have a fine fuzz that makes...
... If you are looking for a book which will provide a good guide for various applications (applying makeup to achieve a look) without all the extra frills...
I've just found out I'll be teaching a course on stage make-up in the Fall, I figured on using Corsin's "Stage Make-up" book. That is until I saw the price....
Hello, I often find this site very helpful, I recently attended the Scarborough Faire and saw belly dancers in macrame bra and belt costumes. They were...
... I would guess that the use of fake blood was a slowly spreading process, from wherever it started. Out in the West, it would make sense to use animal...
Hello. I have to dress people in eskimo outfits. They will be doing a little dancing on the stage. The real wooden snowshoes are very expensive to buy, and I...
Hey everyone, I need help with a little research I'm actually helping someone else with. A friend wanted to know if Stage Blood (as in the 'fake stuff') was ...
... As I remember it, the earliest button garments all buttoned the same way. However, as history passed, it became fashionable for the well-to-do woman to be...
Hi Folks, Someone from another list I'm on asked a question that I bet one of you talented and experienced folks might know the answer to. She washed some...
... http://www.queensu.ca/drama/library/Rivals/index.htm Unfortunately they are tech rehearsal shots, and some garments are not quite finished (trims etc). I...
Men and women are predominately right-handed. Therefore, mens' clothing buttons with the button on the right side of the garment. They usually dressed...
"Costume of Household Servants"(from the middle ages to 1900) by Phillis Cunnington is excellent! It MAY be out of print,though. It uses engravings and...
I'm not sure - in fact I think that I might have dreamed this - but because most people were right handed, the buttons were placed on the right side for easier...
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...
Somebody asked me this today and I thought I knew the answer, but it escaped me:...tell me again why men's shirts button one way and women's the other?...
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...
Hi all I just took over as the Costume Manager at the Pioneer Village in my area and aside form being aghast at the quality of the collection, I was mortified...
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...
... -- ... of the Theatre Department of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Website: "The Costumer's Manifesto" at http://costumes.org Theatre Department Web...
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...
