***my comments > > It makes me wonder if a straightening iron for hair would work for last > minute hem pressing? Maybe I will try it in a rush one day.
***I'm used that too..collar, twisty button placket, hem. Not very effective, but better than nothing. Better is noticing the problem the night before and spraying it with a mister bottle and letting it dry <G>. > During West Side Story last year, I rigged two full sized flags into two > actresses' underskirts with safety pins. The actresses lifted their skirts > to reveal the flags at the end of the song America. We had three minutes to > do the pinning between scenes. It worked. You can see a photo at: > http://www.costumegallery.com/Manchester/WWS/flags3.jpg > I had the safety pins already in their place in the skirts and petticoats, > when it came time to put the flags in them, my teams of dressers knew exactly > where to place them. The actors knew exactly how to hold the skirts during > the quick pinning to make the process quicker. I had my dressers practice > the pinning during dress rehearsals several times to get the timing down to > three minutes. > ***very impressive - and a great bit of theatrics <G> Julie _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
