Starting my Collection

Yesterday my Easter basket contained a note saying that the Kyoto Fashion Institute book was in the mail. I really didn't want lots of candy for Easter (for both my sanity and my body's health) - that really didn't work, but hey, I tried. So the book came today - all 730 something pages of full color photos of both historical clothing pieces and reproductions! AHH! It is such bliss to pour over the piles of pages and see the difference between the various headpieces and dresses, corsets and shoes. I don't think I will tire of the book for a long while.

Meanwhile, Macbeth is going quite well - we open on Wednesday. My costume is very simple. A black blazer with black dress pants, black loafers and stockings with a white dress shirt and black patterned tie. I think it looks okay - very masculine. I think I will be the most androgynous character on the stage during the next few days of performances.

Sirrah, a word with you?

Macbeth opens in exactly 19 days. Wow. It's kinda scary. Our director is ready to start running things, but we are far from finished with all the blocking.

I'm definitely wearing a suit for my Seyton character. I'm also another role (keeping people in suspense!) and I'm in solid black with a mask. This is pretty typical for our director to put us in simple costumes that create spectacle for the audience.

Macbeth, Macbeth, beware Macduff. Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.

My high school production of Macbeth is slowly moving off the ground. All the parts have been cast - I'm playing Seyton and the Gentlewoman in a trimmed down version of the play. I currently don't know what my drama teacher is looking for in terms of costuming. When he passed out the cast list, he mentioned that Seyton was a version of Hilary Clinton. I certainly don't want to look like this:

But anyway. He has been saying that the show will be set in a post apocalyptic setting, so my costume may be more difficult than just a plain suit. My gentlewoman costume I'll bet will have to be similar, considering that I have a really quick change back into Seyton, unless our director fiddles with the story and makes it not linear. I just don't understand what a modern day servant to a King or Queen looks like. Hmm.

Update 2/28: The director has consolidated my two parts, so I am Seyton the entire show. That makes things so much easier. I found a of couple dresses and a blazer at Target this weekend, so I'll have to bring them in in a few weeks and see which works best. I think pants and a blazer might work better because of all the movement involved.