I am in the process of distressing costumes that reflect the aftermath of 9/11. There are some costumes that I wouldn't mind being able to use again. Does...
Hi Connie, At Ohio State, we used the aerosol floral sprays for distressing that we wanted to be able to wash out. They're available from most craft stores, ...
Hello everyone, Talks are about to be underway to provide a spray booth for our department that we will share with the art department. I have some idea of my...
I have always had good luck with Magix shoe spray coming out at the dry cleaners. Anne M Toewe Costume Designer Assistant Professor University of Nothern...
This is an issue very near and dear to my heart, so I have to jump in at the risk of beating the issue to death. Yes, costume shops are public spaces, but...
Having been a free lancer for (gulp) fifteen years, I have encountered shop music choice all over the country - okay not in the deep south but almost ...
Hi, I just have to add that I chose where I went to school partly on the music they were playing when I visited the shop. School? CalArts Music? Billie...
Paula Davis-Larson
pdavilar@...
Feb 1, 2005 7:55 pm
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CONFERENCE SESSION ASSISTANTS The Costume Design and Technology Commission is looking for volunteers to participate in the up coming USITT ANNUAL CONFERENCE &...
Henshaw, William
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Feb 1, 2005 8:14 pm
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This will be the LAST CALL for Costume Poster Proposals for the 2005 USITT Conference in Toronto!! Deadline is Feb 15th. Please mail them to me for fastest...
Apologies if you have read this on another list. We are a well-reputed but small Liberal Arts Drama Department (Queen's University Kingston, Ontario) doing two...
Specifically for 9/11? That's different from the usual. Are you looking for the average person who got out, was on the street when the towers fell,or had to...
I have a quick question for everyone out there. I am trying to set up a situation for scheduling actor fittings during production time for a show. I know that...
melanie starnes
melmalac@...
Feb 3, 2005 12:31 am
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Just a quick FYI...yes, Magix shoe spray does come out of costumes at the dry cleaners. I'm not sure about Floralife or DesignMaster, but I wouldn't be...
melanie starnes
melmalac@...
Feb 3, 2005 12:32 am
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A couple of things to add to the conversation: The policy at just about every shop I have worked at is this: Everyone brings in what they want to listen to,...
Liesl Seitz
lieslseitz@...
Feb 3, 2005 1:18 pm
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We're doing "The Foreigner" later this Spring and i either have to build or rent the KKK or so i thought I've found a place online that sells "authentic Klu...
Melanie Standard practice on equity shows is to put all fittings through stage management. That way they can include fittings in planning the next days...
Fuller's earth is an inexpensive product for suggesting distressed and/or dusty clothes. Wrt other suggestions I have read herein, while wash-out hairsprays...
Sarah Andrews-Collier
andrewscolliers@...
Feb 4, 2005 11:19 am
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Because we are always working on more than one production at a time and have different Stage Manager teams for each production, we rely heavily on the SM's and...
Brookfield, Kathie (b...
BROOKFK@...
Feb 4, 2005 4:45 pm
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Melanie: we try to stick to Equity standards in our training to get all groups of students (actors, SMs, shops) used to it. For costume fittings I keep...
Hi all, I have used a system for years that had to work in the absence of stage managers which do not exist in dance programs until tech week. I have a block...
Paula Davis-Larson
pdavilar@...
Feb 4, 2005 4:47 pm
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We did The Foreigner a few years ago, and made our robes. We bought sheets so they could be cut out quickly and easily. We did look at sources for the patches....
Merz, Melissa
melissa.merz@...
Feb 4, 2005 4:48 pm
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Several of the shops I've worked in disposed of the robes, etc after the show so they wouldn't run the risk of "disappearing" and being used for anything other...
The discussion on music in the shop has emboldened me to broach a parallel topic. During my stint at Cal State Northridge I walked into a phenomenon that was...
While i was costue shop manager at Oklahoma State University we didalot of research and made our own patches by printing off the web site and used starched...
In a message dated 2/4/2005 3:00:09 PM Mountain Standard Time, costumeinfo@yahoogroups.com writes: We did The Foreigner a few years ago, and made our robes. We...
Cheryldee@...
Feb 6, 2005 1:42 am
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If you're building the Klu Klux Klan white costumes which are very easy & fast to do then there is an easy solution for the Klan badges/patches required. Just...
HL456Camburn@...
Feb 6, 2005 1:43 am
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I was called upon to costume two KKK characters for a performance art piece once. I used 3 bedsheets (two cut and stitched "bog jacket style"--two seams--to...
There was a recent discussion of shop machines on this list; today I am interested in taking an opinion poll on sergers... specifically w/r/t stretch...
