Topics
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Costume department (Overview)
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Costume buying (Overview)
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Buying costumes from vintage shops
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Buying costumes on the high street
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Division of labour in the costume workshop
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Costume workflow from design through to fitting
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Mens' tailoring in the costume workshop
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Costume realism and detail
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Period costumes - Research
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Period costumes - fabrics
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Costume bibles
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Costume props (Overview)
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Dye room (Overview)
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Breaking down costumes
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Dyeing and screen-printing on a dressing gown
Breaking down costumes
About
In order for costumes to look realistic onstage, once they have been made they must often go to the dye room to be ‘broken down'. Sometimes they might just be made to look as if they have been worn a little, or in some cases they may be transformed to look as if they have been worn all day on a battlefield.
