by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home “Chicago” Corset Costumes One of the most iconic roles in musical theatre is Chicago’s merry murderesses in the Cell Block Tango scene. For these costumes, we wanted a dark look, but with a bit of sparkle. And the costume had...
by admin | Feb 19, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Making a Dress into a Theatre Dance Costume Selecting Dresses for Theatre Dance Costumes With a few alterations, some dresses lend themselves well to conversion to costumes for heavy dance theatre roles. The best dresses for dance...
by admin | Jan 19, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Making a Circle Skirt Without a Pattern – Technique When making stage costumes for dancers, a circle skirt is a good choice. Circle skirt patterns are easy to draft and the shape of the skirt makes it move nicely on stage, and...
by admin | Jan 18, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Aging Materials – Technique Cover photo by monica dahiya on Unsplash Sometimes costumes need a vintage appearance, which can lead to the need for aging materials. Using black tea, you can easily tint white fabric and lace costuming...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Stoning Costumes – Adding the Bling Adding rhinestones to a costume (known to dance moms everywhere as “stoning costumes”) can be very easy or very difficult. For most dance costumes, and especially for...
by admin | Jan 17, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Dye Costume Pieces Photo Credit: Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash This post is to help you dye costume pieces. In the course of costuming shows, there are many occasions where I’ve found the EXACT costume piece I needed. . . except...
