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9254 Curtis
GCKidd Send Email
Jul 1, 2007
3:57 pm
... This has been done before...I don't remember who it was (I should dig back through my inbox and find out, as I was one of the ones who responded), but...
9255 Mom IS my real name
deafcat12 Send Email
Jul 2, 2007
9:36 pm
My question, discussed here a few weeks ago, is still a little different. I'll word it more specifically than before: what to do with a "designer";, who is no...
9256 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Jul 2, 2007
10:08 pm
Who now owns the sets and costumes she designed? I assume the theatre does, in which case, they can do anything they want with them. If the designer didn't...
9257 jayceenep@...
jayceenep Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
12:12 am
Curtis wrote, "Someone last year had a bunch of vintage plastic and bakelite jewelry that they were selling off (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, etc). I was...
9258 bcbnyc
beverly_bullock Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
12:13 am
If you're in or near New York this week (and through July 14) there's a wonderful sale at Firket Fabrics, 264 West 40 Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues), 212...
9259 hlbob1 Send Email Jul 3, 2007
12:13 am
I need to make a fat suit for a show and have never done so. I have a basic idea but would like some suggestions as to what kinds of foam work best. This is...
9260 David
dwjuby Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
12:17 am
The pieces themselves belong to the theatre whether she was paid or not. She would only have a leg to stand (on point?) on if the company was planning a...
9261 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
12:19 am
I would! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
9262 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
5:37 am
Any of you ladies recall what you wore in the years 2002-4? I'm drawing pretty much of a blank. I'm costuming "The Last 5 Years" and it goes back in time 5...
9263 ~lisa.s
llsturts Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
11:02 am
Syl, You could also check with your local library--they should have magazines going back several years. Just looking at the advertisements should be enough to...
9264 Carla Pollard
cpollard929 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
12:17 pm
the February/March 2007 (#129) of Threads Magazine has a very comprehensive article devoted to this. ... From: Melonie To:...
9265 Danielle G.
snoopy86406 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
1:27 pm
This may be an unusal request, but does anyone conduct any sewing parties on the list? If so, then in what cities or communites does these events take place? ...
9266 Curtis
GCKidd Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
4:09 pm
... There's a whole category of copyright law on issues just like this, which is called 'work for hire' (or something similar, but in more elaborate...
9267 Mom IS my real name
deafcat12 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
4:39 pm
All of the costumes in question are for ballets in the company's repertoire, which means they are used as frequently as annually (Nutcracker), and as...
9268 teela depond
teelabythesea Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
4:42 pm
you can actually buy a "fat suit" for not much. we bought one wearing a bathing suit(costume)and added clothing over. use upholstery foam(comes in different...
9269 mongrelmuppet Send Email Jul 3, 2007
4:47 pm
Good Morning to all. Could anyone recommend a good basic tutorial/site/book/resource for making (fairly simple) sword scabbards and the straps (frogs?) that ...
9270 Don McCunn
don_mccunn Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
5:37 pm
Hi, I wouldn't recommend foam myself. I always use cotton batting for fat suits. To my eye it is more natural appearing than foam which will have a mind of...
9271 lanorte1@...
lanorte1 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
6:09 pm
I purchased a sword frog from the renstore.com, which was a nice, simple design.  You might want to consider purchasing one of those and modelling your own...
9272 hlbob1 Send Email Jul 3, 2007
7:43 pm
The thing about the last 5 years is not much HAS changed! I do think long blue jean skirts were more popular, pants were all over the place, skinny, wide leg,...
9273 Bo Persson
bosse1998 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
7:48 pm
Are we talking the US or Europe? It is even a significant difference between the U.K. and mainland Europe. I hardly see any blue jeans/ denim skirts in London....
9274 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
8:53 pm
Has the designer hired a lawyer? It doesn't sound like she has a leg to stand on (no pun intended, although it is a ballet company) even with an attorney. ......
9275 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
8:53 pm
The U.S. Kids don't wear jeans there, huh? I'd be lost without 'em. Sylrog ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
9276 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
8:56 pm
I can think of things that have changed, like skirts. They weren't wearing the circle skirts with sequins or the handkerchief styles either. I'm trying to...
9277 Bo Persson
bosse1998 Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
9:03 pm
Jeans trousers but I have not seen jeans skirts for ages. Bo Bo Persson, M.A. Independent Fashion Researcher bo_persson@... Skype name: bossep64 ...
9278 Cat Devereaux
catdevereaux Send Email
Jul 3, 2007
11:49 pm
It depends a lot of where. In 2002, Los Angeles west side vogue and studio crowd... there was still a lot of monochrome being worn... black with everything,...
9279 Cat Devereaux
catdevereaux Send Email
Jul 4, 2007
12:28 am
... making (fairly simple) sword scabbards and the straps (frogs?) that hold them to belts? How about a step-by-step? ...
9280 Sylvia Rognstad
sylrog80303 Send Email
Jul 4, 2007
4:06 am
We're talking Ohio. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
9281 Cat Devereaux
catdevereaux Send Email
Jul 4, 2007
4:29 am
... Hummmm... far from the big city. So fashion mags won't help either. What about clothing catalogs???? What about TV shows from the period. They might be...
9282 Mom IS my real name
deafcat12 Send Email
Jul 4, 2007
7:11 am
Find "Friends" DVDs from those years. 2001 would have been right before the waistline dropped so low. I remeber cute denim and kakhi capris and embellished...
9283 Cat Devereaux
catdevereaux Send Email
Jul 4, 2007
8:10 am
... jaquard ribbon or some other embellishment around the hem. A little later the embellishment started crawling up the legs of jeans Yea... something that...
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