[h-cost] Tear-away briefs...

2007-07-06 Thread R Harper
Hello, all - I've got an interesting theatrical costume project. Am helping with a production of The Rocky Horror Show, and one character wants tear-away briefs for underneath his very short kilt. snip I was told once by a fellow costumer who once worked for one of the many Chippendale's

Re: [h-cost] Tear-away briefs...

2007-07-06 Thread Gilbert
-cost] Tear-away briefs... Hello, all - I've got an interesting theatrical costume project. Am helping with a production of The Rocky Horror Show, and one character wants tear-away briefs for underneath his very short kilt. snip I was told once by a fellow costumer who once worked for one

Re: [h-cost] Tear-away briefs...

2007-07-06 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 18:36 06/07/2007, you wrote: Hello, all - I've got an interesting theatrical costume project. Am helping with a production of The Rocky Horror Show, and one character wants tear-away briefs for underneath his very short kilt. snip I was told once by a fellow costumer who once worked for

Re: [h-cost] Tear-away briefs...

2007-07-06 Thread Lynn Downward
OK, Richard. I hate not knowing a word so I had to look it up: eckysiast: n. a striptease performer ORIGIN 1940: coined by HL Mencken from the Greek ekdusis 'shedding,' on the pattern of 'enthusiast' I don't know when I'll have the opportunity to use it except in conjunction with my 2 year old

Re: [h-cost] Tear-away briefs...

2007-07-06 Thread Melanie Schuessler
I'm with Richard (hi, Richard!) on the tiny snaps. That's what we've used in theatre in various similar situations--especially the strip number in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. The trick is deciding how much hold you need vs. how easily they need to release. In some

Re: [h-cost] Tear-away briefs...

2007-07-06 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 18:45 06/07/2007, you wrote: OK, Richard. I hate not knowing a word so I had to look it up: eckysiast: n. a striptease performer ORIGIN 1940: coined by HL Mencken from the Greek ekdusis 'shedding,' on the pattern of 'enthusiast' I don't know when I'll have the opportunity to use it except

Re: [h-cost] Tear-away briefs...

2007-07-06 Thread Andrew Trembley
R Harper wrote: Hello, all - I've got an interesting theatrical costume project. Am helping with a production of The Rocky Horror Show, and one character wants tear-away briefs for underneath his very short kilt. snip I was told once by a fellow costumer who once worked for one of the