There are painted costumes.
*********
There was a wonderful Dutch fabric painter (who I got along with famously) on
"Interview with the Vampire" (Sandy Powell designed that) and much painting in
that film. Several people in the shop were worried about things looking painted
instead of embroidered but in the film, everything looks fine.
The painting also goes further than just imitation of time consuming
embroideries, but some plain fabrics are given "texture" and depth by painting.
In "Interview..." for example, the two young boys Claudia uses to trick Lestat
into drinking "dead" blood... The director decided he wanted the boys dressed
alike, so we had to whip up the day before some breeches for them (I had to
make them without measurements!) The fabric I was given was a typical moire
acetate taffeta in electric yellow! Matilde (the Dutch fabric painter) sprayed
and painted the breeches after they were made up to look as they do in the
film: a sort of shimmery ochre, which up close glowed and sparkled with a hint
of metalic.
And of course there's "teching" ("Distressing" in theatre terms) which is
aging of garments right off the sewing machine. A task I enjoy. It's like
makeup for clothes and you can "tell a story" with where stains and worn places
are placed.
_______________________________________________
h-costume mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
