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Why do we dress the way we do?. Haute Couture. Refers to high fashion, one of a kind designs. Royalty determined style. Dictated and determined fashion Sumptuary laws governed what peasants and merchants could wear. Where do ideas for dress come from?. Everywhere Parties High fashion
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Haute Couture
Refers to high fashion, one of a kind designs.
Royalty determined style
- Dictated and determined fashion
- Sumptuary laws governed what peasants and merchants could wear.
Where do ideas for dress come from?
- Everywhere
- Parties
- High fashion
- Chance
- Anticipation and manipulation
- Conformity vs. Nonconformity
How does fashion (which is the generic word for the business of clothing) anticipate as well as manipulate the trends?
Theories regarding the Reasons for dressing a particular way
- Shifting of erogenous zones
Shifting of erogenous zones
- Attract the male attention
- Female-Revealing
- Male-Change the shape of the silhouette
To assert wealth
- Opulence to make you look richer than others
- Self indulgent dressing to show wealth
To identify Gender
- Sometimes reversed for effect.
- Message:
- Attract
- Gain respect
- Tell personality
- To repel
How does the fun of playing with clothes affect fashion?
- Fun to play with one’s appearance
What does the language of clothing say about us?
- Evokes response
- Demands attention
- Comfort
- Convenience
- Utility
Conspicuous Consumption
- Shows Wealth
Why is rarity important?
- It sets you apart.
John Malloy’s Dressed for Success
- Dress for power
- Dress for socio-economic message
How does clothing identify us with certain groups?
- Color = purple
- Wealth rather than birth
- Image makers
Costuming
- Costuming is one of the integral parts of the play production that suffers the most.
- The costume is not merely a means of characterizing a role as attractively as possible.
- Color and silhouette is a vital part of the total stage design.
Color
- Harmony with other colors
- Appropriate to historical period
- Can destroy the atmosphere
Effective Costuming
- Expresses the personality of the character
Effective Costuming
- Should reveal social status, tastes, idiosyncrasies
Effective Costuming
- Should aid audience’s understanding of the actor’s relationship to the play itself
Color Coding
- Matching characters by color or pattern. Example: Romeo and Juliet
Steps to Costume Design
- Study the play
- Budget
- Obtain actors’ measurements
- Collect fabric samples (under lights)
- Costume Parade
- Deal with problems
Steps to Costume Design
- Always consider problems
- Work with rehearsal clothes and shoes
- Keep actions of the actor in mind Example: dancing or fighting
Appropriateness – Costume Silhouette
- Each historic period has its own distinctive line and form in dress
Appropriateness – Costume Silhouette
- Material and cut must be appropriate to the social background and period of the play.
Color, Line, and Material
- Comedies, farces, children’s plays, and fantasies are normally made of light material and are bright or pastel in color and frothy in design
Color, Line, and Material
- Restoration Comedy – satins, laces, and brocades
High Comedy
- Taste and social grace, fashionable
Symbolic and Allegorical
- Require thought and meaning
Realistic Plays
- Suitable for the character
Costumes and Color
- Color interprets inner meaning which evokes an audience response
Obtaining the Costumes
- Work Sheets
- Costume Charts
Costumes Charts
- Design
- Measurements
Rented
- Expensive
- Fit
- Substitution
- Available for a short time
- Quality
- Cleaning
- Returning
Borrowing
- Mismatch
- Fit
Making Costumes
- Building = making costumes
- Velcro = stronger than zippers and buttons, but must not be seen
- Cost
- Time
Care of Costumes
- Wardrobe Manager or Costume Master/Mistress
- Cleaning and Repair
- Dressing Areas
- Quick Changes
The Actor and the Costume
- Actor must wear costume properly
- Actor must be disciplined and responsible
