Put them in skirts, but instead of panniers, make "fake panniers" using half rounds of material. If you put the straight part of the half circle on the selvage, you don't even have to hem. Gather the round edge and if that is too flat, "pouf" with nylon net, just like you're planning with the wigs. That way, your actors can move easily around crowded tables. Are you making the decorations on the wigs look like pastries and petit fours? For the men, stick them in women's' crop pants. You can probably get them at a thrift store. Since this is fro charity, is there a local tuxedo store that will let you borrow colored jackets? You could whip stitch or even pin on fancy trim and big cuffs.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allison Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [h-cost] need suggestions for "campy" 18th century costumes Greetings, all. I am helping with a fundraiser for the March of Dimes. It's a silent auction/live auction/dancing/socializing event, and the theme is "Let Them Eat Cake", in the style of Marie Antoinette. Instead of catered dinner, the food will be desserts. So we are trying to play up the frothy, festive, over-the-top attitude. I need to dress about 6 actors in the style, but I want to make the costumes less cumbersome, and hopefully easier to do than "real" 18C. Please and thank you: I need ideas from all you guys - any suggestions are welcome! Anyhoo - I'm thinking of having my women wear fishnets and dance trunks, and constructing some sort of pannier/skirt to tie around the waist. What movie am I thinking of (or play?) that had panniers made of some king of sparkly tubing, worn without an overskirt? Aaaargh. And how can I make some "easy" corsets in the same style? I've got $5 long blonde wigs from WalMart which i can build into the extreme style I want, using tulle to add volume. But please put on your thinking caps for the rest of the garb. (I need suggestions for men's garb as well.) TIA from a grateful fellow garbwhore. Allison P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
