Costumes at the theatre

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Costumes at the theatre

• Costume sketch
• Rehearsal costumes
• Pattern development
• Manufacture
• Fitting
• On stage
• ...and after all

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Costume sketch

• Collect ideas
• Very different kind of sketches

• Construction or conception sketch?
• Buy it or sew it?

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Visit of the Old Woman
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The Beauty and the Animal
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Rehearsal costumes

• Big skirts, tight shirts and high heels
• Clothes from the general equipment similar to the
  originals
• For actors to get familiar with

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Pattern development

• Remodel a basic cut or develop a new pattern?

• Measurements of actors

• Put the sketch into practice

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Manufacture 1

• Cutting

• Sewing

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Manufacture 2

• Accessories

• Special theatre technique

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Fitting

• Garment proportions fitting Remodelling
• Coordination with designer
• Last changes for functionality

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On stage

• Photo rehearsal

• Very last remodelling

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...and after all

• Laundry and mending

• General equipment

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Vocabulary list

• Sketch
• Trial costume
• Pattern development
• Fitting
• General equipment
• Measurements
• Basic cut
• Cutting
• Garment proportions fitting
• Remodelling
• Laundry
• Mending

• Skizze
• Probenkostüm
• Schnitterstellung
• Anprobe
• Fundus
• Maß nehmen
• Grundschnitt
• Zuschnitt
• Passformanprobe
• Änderung
• Wäsche (waschen)
• Reparaturen