http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/ Costumer's Info List Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:13:56 GMT Kathie Brookfield http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5959 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5959 I found a book , or I should say a tome, called THE ART OF LOOKING SIDEWAYS by Alan Fletcher. It is divided into chapters on topics like Creativity, Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:13:31 GMT Joy Emery http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5958 The dates are tricky and not necessarily accurate! Commissioners Don Stowell Jr. 1976?-1978? Bambi Stohl (spelling of last name?) 1978-1980? She was in Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:26:40 GMT Sharon Collier http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5957 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5957 "The first thing we do let's kill all the lawyers." Henry VI, 4:2 Upstage/downstage-a lot of people don't know why we do/say this. Puck's final speech at the Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:44:34 GMT am_wurster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5956 Hello All: I am wondering if anyone has sources or ideas for some general knowledge: For my basic 101 (Theatre Appreciation) class this fall, I am wanting to Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:38:07 GMT Nanalee Raphael http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5955 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5955 Emily, I'd recommend "Patternmaking for Fashion Design" 4th ed. by Helen Joseph-Armstrong. There's a full listing of industry standard measurements for size 6 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:36:13 GMT DD http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5954 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5954 Many of the pattern draping and drafting textbooks, especially the ones intended for the fashion industry, have standard measurements in them. I've used Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:06 GMT ocolcord http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5953 I thing there is a usuable example in The Costume Technician's Handbook. Or just use the measurements from a dress form. Then you have something to try them Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:59:30 GMT Elida Fraser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5952 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5952 If  your universities library has the ASTM standard you can look up ASTM D 5585  It has all the measurements for women's sizes 2 through 20 Elida ... From: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:58:59 GMT Walker, Claire http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5951 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5951 If you have hard dress forms, you could take meaurements off them. Or check Wolf Forms for the measurements of their standard dress form sizes. Claire Walker Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:55:55 GMT emily_gill2001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5950 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5950 I am teaching a summer class in which I would like to assign drafting of generic slopers for generic sizes just so they can get used to the system before Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:10:57 GMT Emily Gill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5949 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5949 I'm not sure how cost effective this is compared to the Evian cans, but there are also the DIY cooking spray canisters available from cooking supply stores- Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:38:28 GMT Shana Lincoln http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5948 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5948 That stuff will get you high, that's why they put the bittergent in it to make it taste bad. Technically, you're supposed to only use it in a well ventilated Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:15:30 GMT nancypipkin@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5947 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5947 Having worked on Greater Tuna four times and Tuna Christmas once, the best I found was to build the padding and sew it into the garment. So many of the Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:46:24 GMT Henshaw, William http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5946 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5946 What about a can of thar canned air stuffy Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2009, at 12:34 PM, "Packard, Kerri S." Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:57:38 GMT Shura Pollatsek http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5945 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/costumeinfo/message/5945 Spandex? (I assume its since 1960...?)