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Wardrobe Secrets
When visiting the major wardrobe houses, such as the notably impressive Western Costume, costumers know to wear gloves.
Filmmakers? Not so much. Thus, after four hours in the stocks today, my hands were black and there is still post-scrubbing gunk from “Medieval Leather and Armor” under my nails.
Also, wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Also, get a good night”s sleep.
Also, prepare to do enough climbing up and down of ladders and pushing heavy-tall ladders and pulling down heavy costumes from racks that are taller than you are to last a lifetime. You should probably lift for a year in order to prepare for any costuming.
Alsox4, bring a snack.
If I experience any success in my life, no one will be able to argue that I didn”t work for it: I swear some of the guy”s costumes were so heavy, like, half my body weight; but definitely not heavier than your mom, (who is huge).
Such robust work it was, my friends, that much to my disappointment I lost the card of a costumer I met there. The thing must have worked its way out of the back pocket of my jeans somewhere between “Biblical” and “Romance Shirts.”
I also swear that there are more hats in the men”s department than there are clothes in the entire women”s department. This is because, throughout film history, there have been far more men to clothe than women, especially in terms of epics and period pieces, which typically have loads of extras to costume. So the costumes don”t lie (but I doubt anyone would deny it anyway): Film skews male; really, really male.
PS: The most disgusting of all were the set of warrior sci-fi costumes made of real fish skin. Le awesome-weird and ew feeling”don”t touch the strangeness!
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