I sometimes do ask more specific questions if it's obvious the customer
is making a costume, but that's not always easy to tell. And I have
found that the people who are most friendly and forthcoming when I ask
"What are you making?" are not the historical costumers. They usually
just shut up, like I am probably beneath them and haven't a clue what
they are doing. Little do they know I have over thirty years
experience in theatrical costuming and would like to chat with them
about their projects.
I do work in what is probably one of the more interesting Jo-Anns in
the country. I live in Boulder, CO which is well-known as being so
many square miles surrounded by reality. We get all kinds of
customers who really do have unusual projects they are buying fabric
for---Native American flags for shamanic initiation ceremonies, altars
for meditation rooms, Naropa (the Buddhist college here) art projects,
costumes and art installations for Burning Man--- so I am genuinely
interested when I ask a customer what he/she is making. I've met some
very interesting people there, which is the big reason the job, as part
time low wage jobs go, is not so bad.
Sylrog
On Jun 9, 2006, at 8:10 AM, Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio wrote:
Heh ... they no longer ask that question. Now they ask, "So, who
which character are you building this costume for?"
Can you tell that I have been working hard to educate my fellow
fabric lovers who happen to also be employees of the fabric shops I
go to? ;)
Chiara
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