In a message dated 5/2/2007 9:24:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anne, when and where is this to be held? Now that I am mostly retired, i
might even be able to get away in the Fall.
Milwaukee, last weekend in September. I didn't save the call for papers,
As a costumer in community theaters with miniscule budgets, of course
I join others who've said the budget is a big factor in costume
design (and the question of authenticity).
Absolutely also, the practical demands of the theatrical role
(including the stage temperature) affect the costume
] On
Behalf Of Robin Netherton
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 6:58 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: RE: [h-cost]Theatrer vs Historic (was:new Butterick pattern 5061)
On Wed, 2 May 2007, Sharon Collier wrote:
Thoughts:
-30 second costume changes.
-$300 costume budget for the whole show-12
It's funny, but actually, studying historic costume has made me
appreciate what ELSE theatrical and movie costumers are doing more
than I did before I knew where to hunt down period-correct sartorial
information. When I'm dressing for re-enacting, I strive for ever
more accurate
(snip about percieved insult to theatrical designers)
You didn't? Am I just being overly sensitive? I often feel like
historical re-enactors and reproducers of accurate historical costumes
look down their noses to a certain extent at theatrical costume designers
because the latter don't
I'm actually developing a lecture for next year on why and when you
would or would not want to be completely accurate with a costume.
It's just in the ruminating stage right now, but I'd welcome any
thoughts from y'all.
That sounds like a very good topic for a lecture. I look forward to
Historic (was:new Butterick pattern 5061)
(snip about percieved insult to theatrical designers)
You didn't? Am I just being overly sensitive? I often feel like
historical re-enactors and reproducers of accurate historical costumes
look down their noses to a certain extent at theatrical costume
In a message dated 5/2/2007 8:39:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm actually developing a lecture for next year on why and when you
would or would not want to be completely accurate with a costume.
It's just in the ruminating stage right now, but I'd welcome
Anne, when and where is this to be held? Now that I am mostly retired, i
might even be able to get away in the Fall. Yikes!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost]Theatrer vs Historic (was:new
On Wed, 2 May 2007, Sharon Collier wrote:
Thoughts:
-30 second costume changes.
-$300 costume budget for the whole show-12 actors.
-Director's vision-often more artistic than historically accurate, so you
try and compromise.
-Lack of a crew to make everything you envision. Sometimes it
that looked like their antique
counterparts.
kathleen
- Original Message -
From: Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:58 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost]Theatrer vs Historic (was:new Butterick pattern 5061)
On Wed, 2 May 2007
On Wed, 2 May 2007, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
On May 2, 2007, at 9:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Midwest Region of the Costume Society of America's symposium
next fall
is on all aspects of costume, including theater and reenactment.
I'll be giving a paper on the impact of
On May 3, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Robin Netherton wrote:
On Wed, 2 May 2007, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
I'll be giving a paper on the impact of historic re-enacting on the
study of clothing history in the recent past. And I'll be talking a
bit about how re-enacting blends theatre and history.
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