Between scenes of our act one run-through this week, I talked to Sam Baxter and Sarah Newsom, two wonderful seniors on our costume crew. Sam and Sarah, along with the other dedicated girls working on costumes, have totally knocked my socks off. The primary project that they have been tackling for the past few weeks is going to make All Shook Up even more memorable for our audiences. They have taken on the task of making circle skirts for a majority of the girls in our cast. Each skirt that they make takes around two and a half hours. These costumes aren't just pretty to look at but they are also going to make for a cool technical aspect of the show. I am going to give you all the inside scoop of their intricate process, though I will not be able to do it justice. We need to appreciate the work that these costumers, with the help of Mr. Kent, have been creating so specially.
The first order of business is to cut out two half circles with the pattern. Two days were spent, all hands on deck, just cutting out the pieces that would be needed. The two half circles are meticulosly sewn together. There are strips cut off during this time that are saved for something later instead of being thrown away (yay for resourcefulness!). There is another layer attached to the back of the now already existing skirt and then the whole piece is flipped inside out. On the inside they attach something called interfacing. I had no idea what that meant and they described it to me as the fabric that makes costumes stiff. The skirt is flipped rightside out again and now has a neater look because of the influence of interfacing. The strip removed earlier comes back now and after about a half hour is it attached towards the bottom of the skirt, adding a lovely detail to the design. It is sewn a few inches above the hem. The finishing touch is a fastener of some sort, either velcro or a button. At least two and a half hours have passed by the time the skirt is completed. Though this was a fairly general exposition of their undertaking, I hope you have a little bit of new knowledge and appreciation for some of our behind the scenes hands. -Ally Knizner
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