Last week we had our first stage fittings, a scary moment! Especially because the actor I had drafted and made my toile for dropped out of uni the day before my fitting, giving me practically zero time to make any adjustments to my costume in time to fit my new actor. This was a really stressful thing to happen, particularly when you've carefully drafted a pattern to fit a certain actor, I was really keen to see how it would sit on him. C'est la vie. In industry and in the real world, this sort of last minute actor change is something that is bound to happen regularly, so it is really good to learn to roll with the punches and being able to adapt quickly to stressful changing situations. I think I dealt with this pretty well all in all, as I went into the fitting with a clear head, prepared to tackle all the necessary changes.
Luckily, the actual fitting went surprisingly well, and my compliant actor accepted that the costume had not originally been made for him, and was great throughout the entire alteration process. There were quite a few minor alterations to make, to hemlines, cufflines and necklines, but nothing too drastic. On the whole, the costume was just slightly too large for my new actor, which meant I just had some small bits of taking in to do. I was incredibly happy with how the costume looked and the fact that it fit quite well. I felt like I had done a really good job, and it just made me more excited to get on and cut out in the top fabric, so I could see what it would really look like.
Here's a few snapshots of the decorative work I have been creating so far:
Over 200 moons and stars, from large to small, backed onto bondaweb, ready to be appliqued onto the costume.
Triangles appliqued on around the edges of the breeches. These will go around the edged of the entire costume.
Moons and stars bondawebbed in place. Ready to all be stitched around to create detail. This is just the back of the breeches...
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