Feel the pain of that poor person in the chorus! Not because they aren't at the front of the
stage as they may not want to be there, but because they are always the last to
be dressed and you can pretty much guarantee while everyone is fluffing around
in their new costumes, they saw theirs worn a couple of years ago and know it
was dragged out of the back of the wardrobe (or caravan).
It’s not that the costumier doesn’t realise that a well dressed chorus could make all the
difference, to the contrary it breaks my heart to see the shambles I sometimes
have to put them in L
But there is just me and a lot of costumes and not an endless amount of time
and something has to give!
This is how they should look!
The good news is that as you collect more costumes there are
better ones to dress the chorus with, eventually they may even find themselves
in a princess dress from a previous production and be swirling around happily.
I am hoping to be able to achieve a basic chorus wardrobe
this year. I have large amounts of
green, pink and blue in the same fabric and the idea is to make bodices, skirts
and waistcoats from this and then they will at least have a general theme in
the colour department. Of course this depends on whether time allows and that
is always the problem! If I get that far
I will use some of my scraps to make up detachable bustles and aprons so that
the costume can have a change of appearance with little effort. Well that is the plan, and now I have this
blog and I have written down my intentions I have even more reason to try and
achieve it.
Failing that try and get hold of an assortment of
waistcoats, long skirts and tops. It is
not perfect but this is one time when the bridesmaids dress will really help
out. I am not a fan of recycling old
clothes but there is a lot of fabric in those dresses and they will take away
some of the strain. There is also the
advantage that with the chorus the bling can wait so you don't have to spend
extra time adding embellishments (although it never hurts to get happy with the
glue gun and sequins).
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