Nicole,
That's setting yourself a challenge! But I have to say, they're a lot
better than the last time I went to Linlithgow Palace.
I think you may be able to do a lot with what they have, by tightening
up the tailoring and getting them into some proper underpinnings, or at
least stiffening the garments. There's a lot of reasonable stuff there,
especially the men, they just look too ... comfortable! (I don't mean
that period clothing should be uncomfortable, but they look as if they
could slump on the sofa in these costumes - tracksuit Tudor!)
Jean
Nicole Kipar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
Right, my question/dilemma is this:
There is a very nice theatrical "amateur dramatics" group in my new
Scottish hometown near Edinburgh, called the Linithgow Players. In the
summer months they do plays dressed in Tudor costume at Linlithgow
Palace, the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots. They set place at the
Court of James V and act out scenes with Mary, all for Historic
Scotland (very similar to the National Trust or English Heritage).
Anywya, that said, the costumes are.. ermm... uhm... not so very good,
to be kind.
I offered, because I just moved here on my own three weeks ago (my
partner's still serving and staioned 500 miles away *sniff*) and would
like to get stuck in with costumes and people and to have something
nice to do, to help with their costumes. That's all very well, but,
while I know a hellofa lot about clothing 1660 - 1715 I know next to
nothing about Tudor costumes. HELP! I am ordering Ninya's book, but as
Teddy said rightly, this is a theatrical group, we don't need to nor
want to make it authentic (they wouldn't even have the budget for that)
but to make it look GOOD and make it look better than it is now. Bless
them, some costumes are quite nice, but others, I think, we could
definitely do something about that and I would love to help and get the
needle going (and spend some time in the pub with company ;-) This is
their photo page:
http://www.linlithgowplayers.org.uk/LPsite/PhotosRe-enactments.htm
Don't let yourself be fooled by the "reenactment" bit, I don't think
they got the terminology quite right. It's definitely acting, not
re-enacting and we would see it. :-)
Anyway, I don't know where to start, I feel lost in a jungle of Too
Much Information. Can anyone, please pleae please point me into the
right direction of where to start getting a really good feel for Tudor
period costumes and, most importantly, which patterns could be adapted
(I have Margo Anderson's Lady's wardrobe and Man's wardrobe) and if I
can even use some commercial big companies patterns, because those are
usually quite easy. Any and all help appreciated, I'd love it if I
could help them get the look a bit more right and at the same time do
it on a tiny (!!!) budget and a shoestring with only four hands to help
(another lady's and mine - and I'm actually overworked at my new work
anyway thus haven't got 'that' much time).
Thanks ever so much in advance, I really am drowning in websites,
books, info, and just don't know where to start and where to go to for
a theatrical good looking budget version (it has to be court costume)
of Tudor costume.
Nicole
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