Costume Designers Log – May 21st, Sunday, 2017

A collection of shirts sewn and ready for the show tomorrow

Today we had a full day of creating set and costume ready for the show tomorrow. As you can see from the pictures above, a large majority of the costumes were finished on this day with the assistance of Becka and Rolo. I proposed to the others the idea of changing the women’s designs from having straight bottoms to skirts and there was a unanimous decision to make the change. I let Becka oversee this as she appeared to have a strong idea on how to change the designs and make them wearable, comfortable, and efficient for the cast wearing them.

Becka’s sash design before being painted or modified to make it more of a shirt

Overall I feel that the designs I originally started with have been altered for the best – be it because of time constraints, budget requirements or otherwise – and that whilst not all of my designs have been completely realized, the overall look and concept behind them has translated extremely effectively to the finished product. I am excited to see how these costumes will look once they have been finished and finalized for tomorrow’s performance.