I'm currently studying a Diploma of Live Production & Technical Services (Costume). I really should start putting up a few photos! Stay tuned for my eighteenth century ensemble, 1896 and 1880s walking suits and 1960s-inspired lycra outfit, as soon as I can organise my photos!
Our first unit was Corsetry and Undergarments! Here are some less-than-brilliant workroom photos of Tudor stays; a hip roll and matching biscuit pad; Eighteenth century petticoat; Edwardian petticoat; Victorian corset; and Victorian bustle cage.
(Yes, those are metal eyelets. The aim of these pieces is not historical authenticity, as nice as that would be, but to create the required silhouette while withstanding the rigours of stage or screen performance.)
(Yes, those are metal eyelets. The aim of these pieces is not historical authenticity, as nice as that would be, but to create the required silhouette while withstanding the rigours of stage or screen performance.)
I'm going slowly, but am working on a walking skirt to go over the Edwardian petticoat, an eighteenth century ensemble to go over the hip roll and petticoat; a major project plan for Eighteenth century menswear for Catherine the Great; a tutu; a lycra dance costume and a Tudor waistcoat. And that's only the first year!
Some previous work:
Of all the mardi gras floats I've run, three have had costumes that I've largely designed, which went beyond tshirts, a theme or a colourscheme. The aim each time was colour and cohesion, simplicity and budget. Our usual crowd included lots of poor students, and no hope of actually getting them together beforehand, either to practice any choreography or to organise complicated costumes!
Fly Free from Religion (2012) was nominated for Best Float despite being quite tiny and simple. The forty pairs of wings were made in seven colours, cycling through the order. They have become a popular addition to every subsequent float, though we've never again used the full set!
Pillars of Society (2016&2017) was simple poplin chitons in six colours to match our giant pillars; for Writing our Future (2019) we changed the palette, pinned the fabric up into aprons and screen printed a design on the front. I still need hunt down photos from the latter.
More on the signs and props and all the rest of the floats for this group can be found at queeratheists.org/previous-floats
Of all the mardi gras floats I've run, three have had costumes that I've largely designed, which went beyond tshirts, a theme or a colourscheme. The aim each time was colour and cohesion, simplicity and budget. Our usual crowd included lots of poor students, and no hope of actually getting them together beforehand, either to practice any choreography or to organise complicated costumes!
Fly Free from Religion (2012) was nominated for Best Float despite being quite tiny and simple. The forty pairs of wings were made in seven colours, cycling through the order. They have become a popular addition to every subsequent float, though we've never again used the full set!
Pillars of Society (2016&2017) was simple poplin chitons in six colours to match our giant pillars; for Writing our Future (2019) we changed the palette, pinned the fabric up into aprons and screen printed a design on the front. I still need hunt down photos from the latter.
More on the signs and props and all the rest of the floats for this group can be found at queeratheists.org/previous-floats
As seen on the main Creative page, here are two individual Mardi Gras costume commissions and the first corset I made - the pattern was borrowed from a friend doing this very course at the time! And from my Millinery page, my 15th century escoffion. Most of my millinery at least skirts the edge of being costume, but this one is undeniable.