I recently dressed and altered on a show put on by the performance students of the AUCB (costume designs by Catherine Arnold and supervised by Annabel Clark). Cat had also included one of my costumes in her design.
It was crazy doing the quick changes in victorian costumes, genuinely thought we wouldn’t make it some nights, but the show was so good it was totally worth all the hard work!
Rest of the pictures behind the cut:
Today I had my photoshoot for SP, can’t wait to get the photos back, it looked amazing!
I’m loving this design so much more now
First official post of the new year on my new site! citing
So for the last 3 days I’ve been cracking on with my Anne Boleyn/Elizabeth 1 project, having been through 3 different fabrics before finding the right one!
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My costume from the end of term private view. We are getting the photography students to take proper lovely pictures but for now this is all I gots!
My next project is the Extended Major Project (EMP), which is divided into two sections. For part 1 we had a couple of options which we had to apply for, and the one I went for was a collaborative project with the University of Kentucky. It is for a production that they are doing out there of the musical ‘The Pajama Game’ and we will be making about 8 costumes here, shipping them over and then two of our students will complete them on the actors.
Today I got the chance to speak to the designer, Nelson Fields, over skype about my design that I also got today, which was good to clear up a few questions, hopefully we’ll get coloured versions and back views asap.
I don’t really like my design as such, not because it’s not a great design but because I guess I was hoping for a pretty 50s swing dress. On the plus side, its gonna really add to my portfolio, teach me a lot (its going to be checked fabric!) and just generally be a unique experience so I’m not too down! Also, Nelson has a brilliant design style, both in that its really clear for a maker, yet very characterful and expressive!
For part 2 it is a self initiated project, and when I thought about what was missing from my portfolio and felt I needed to do a female 18th Century costume with some textural work. I had also had discussions with my tutor who suggested I should do something pretty girly and frilly. At the moment this is the design I’m thinking about, although I haven’t contacted the designer yet so who knows!
I’m also a bit tempted by this image of Queen Charlotte, but that is something I don’t need to totally decide on til the new year so I’m not stressing over it yet.
So that is my news really. My SP costume will be finished thursday so I can get an image uploaded, then in the new year I’ll be doing a photoshoot for it!
I promise one day I will do more than just a ‘quick update’ but for now:
I finished my Specialist Practice costume last monday. I say finished, there were bits missing and I didn’t sleep all weekend, but now it is done! I have an updated version of the design and hopefully this week I’ll manage to get a photo of it on the stand.
