With a whole lotta hand work you could bead onto chiffon with strings of bugle/rocaille beads and get something similar, I would think- reinforcement for the stitching areas would be required, unless they found lightweight beads? Or maybe strings/threads of a lame'-like quality? Just guessing from the two photos....
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cynthia Virtue Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction? Hi Folks, Friends and I recently watched the 1935 Midsummer Night's Dream, and have been puzzling over the construction of Titania's costume. Does anyone have ideas? Photos: http://bp1.blogger.com/_zyFOBNA4Tys/RpF329zH5rI/AAAAAAAAARg/hbYpRYFNvdo/s160 0-h/Anita+Louise+Fair+Titania.jpg http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/shakespeare&CI SOPTR=65&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 The shiny drape-y parts seem too light to be bugle beads strung to hang down and drape, yet not light enough to be cellophane strips. I've been wondering if they might be strips of cut metal foil, like my parents' old real-metal Christmas Tree icicles: heavy, shiny, soft. Google searches have not turned up any details, alas. -- Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent "Such virtue hath my pen...." -Shakespeare, Sonnet 81 "I knew this wasn't _my_ pen!" --Cynthia Virtue _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
