I went to school for costume production and we had several classes where we had to make garments for other people. In some cases we had make the item for ourselves in which case we paid for the materials. In the tailoring class we had to make the men's suit jacket for a guy (I think the guys were allowed to make their own) so we had to find the guy and buy the materials. In some cases we could choose to make the item for ourselves in which case we bought materials. However, if we wanted to the department would cover materials and the item would be made to fit one of the actors/actresses in the department and the item would then go into stock.
So I would say give the student the option of making it to fit a friend (they would then get the friend to make for the materials) or to make just a basic standard item to keep sell or give away at their discretion. Does the university have a theatre program that keeps costume stock? Maggie Halberg -----Original Message----- From: Galadriel <galadrielfi...@yahoo.com> To: h-costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 9:10 pm Subject: [h-cost] Corset class recommendations Hi, all. I agreed to teach a class at the local university while the regular teacher is on sabbatical. We're doing corsets in spring and the way the class has been set up in the past, the students pay a course fee for supplies, buy their own fabric, and then get to make corsets they can take home with them. So the problem is that I have 2 male students. I haven't discussed it with them but I was almost hoping they'd want to go ahead and make male corsets. I thought it would be interesting to watch the process. But if they don't want to do it, I have a problem. Additionally, I have a female student who dresses solely in male clothes and has expressed that she doesn't want to make a corset for herself. Is there anything anyone can think of that will teach the same principles (patterning and fitting a shaping garment, how to make a structured garment) without being a corset, per se? I'm kind of at a loss. The female student suggested boned gaiters but I didn't think that was challenging enough, pattern-wise. Any awesome brainstorms would be appreciated! --Rachel, back to lurking _______________________________________________ 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
