>Can anyone who may ever have made or helped with the making of Chinese garb of previous eras give me a hint on making the undergarment that creates the "Water sleeve" look that is used in opera? <snip>
>I am attempting to replicate the look of this for a non-opera purpose. In an online article about the Chinese traditional opera (an article I cannot now find... alas...) there is a picture of three actors who have brought some children up on stage with them and put them in the garments, and on one child you can see that the undergarment apparently crosses over the front wrap-style, like a kimono, and that while the sleeves are huge and long--the body of the garment itself is barely waist-length. Sharon, Here's a page with me & a friend wearing Cantonese Opera costumes in Singapore. Notice that the water sleeve on the yellow gown is sewn directly to the end of the sleeve. Sounds like the garment you saw on a child was done differently. Not much help here, only a note that there isnt one & only one way. http://cinbarnes.googlepages.com/CantoneseOperaCostume --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
