Costuming for the Holidays
Nov. 22nd, 2009 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twistdfateangelSo there's a new show coming up, just in time for the Winter Holidays. It's our first full-length gig, meaning I have two numbers instead of one (Yay-eek!) and two costumes (*swoon*).
Mom and I have managed to, between us, come up with costumes. One is a loaner, props and all, but the other is going to be made special for this, a "peppermint polonaise", shall we say?
It's got all the things I've wanted (18th c corset, bloomers, probably a hat of some sort), so the costume will be re-worn, even if it is piecemeal. I have the material for the bloomers and the giant poinsettia (not period, but if anybody squawks, I'll get a few roses or something to replace it) and some ribbon that we can hopefully use.
I'll have to call the shoe place in Richmond to see if I can special order the shoes I want or order them on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Funtasma-Pleaser-Womens-Candycane-48-Platform/dp/B002JATFNC/ref=reg_hu-wl_item-added). Believe it or not, I dance easier in those sorts of shoes than flat-footed. I can't explain it.
So, now I have to find some fabric to muslin with and figure out what the rest is going to be...
Mom and I have managed to, between us, come up with costumes. One is a loaner, props and all, but the other is going to be made special for this, a "peppermint polonaise", shall we say?
It's got all the things I've wanted (18th c corset, bloomers, probably a hat of some sort), so the costume will be re-worn, even if it is piecemeal. I have the material for the bloomers and the giant poinsettia (not period, but if anybody squawks, I'll get a few roses or something to replace it) and some ribbon that we can hopefully use.
I'll have to call the shoe place in Richmond to see if I can special order the shoes I want or order them on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Funtasma-Pleaser-Womens-Candycane-48-Platform/dp/B002JATFNC/ref=reg_hu-wl_item-added). Believe it or not, I dance easier in those sorts of shoes than flat-footed. I can't explain it.
So, now I have to find some fabric to muslin with and figure out what the rest is going to be...