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#HOW TO MAKE A PHANTOM OF THE OPERA COSTUME HOW TO#Waterfall drapery, I have a how to plot your own guide on my site: waterfall drapery « mdb- costuming it includes variations on the theme The waist and each side of the back opening are sewn as well to again prevent catching. Then short tiers of pleated net sewn to that and two longer layers over that and finally a single layer of net to enclose all the flounces and prevent them catching on the legs or inside of the skirt. Two layers zigzagged together as a really firm base, shaped in gores with the back seam open. The stage versions do all use tulle as I have but I interpreted the layers a bit. The gown Carlotta wears, and the Princess and other ladies of the chorus do, but this skirt needs to be put on in a specific way- wrapped from the front. To support the heavy drapery, and also allow the onstage change, the underskirt cannot be made of hoops. Since then I have sewn bugle beads in a herringbone pattern around the inside edges and couched the outlines in fine gold cord. The gold shapes are gold metal organza Heat n Bonded to the velvet. The border is gold cord prich stitched in place. The bodice decorations are made from two layers of fusible interfacing on the back of a plush velvet. They are centre right in the photo of the hoard These are heavy and I hadn't made them yet. The centre front is made from strung beads in gold. The bodice and faux bodice pieces are centre bottom.įaux bodice (attaches to the top of the Diva skirt), bodice decorations, decorations on the bodice with old rope skirt. The rope skirt at the top will be replaced as this was made way back when I had no idea what the skirt ropes were made from in the Aussie show. This has been confirmed by people in the workshops (sigh, so envious.) I finally lucked in to some stretch velour that is a close match to my velvet already used to make this task even easier.Ĭollection of materials. And in fact were basically rolled strips of velvet as opposed to being sewn in to tubes. So, someone who saw this exhibit (one of the US tours) said the ropes were in fact tubes of velvet. The Aussie and US skirts have soft velvety ropes vs plain cord used elsewhere. The dance costume underneath has as much variation. The bold contrast of the Hamburg and the overall bling factor of the Aussie/World Tour The Aussie version has a sixth tab over the waterfall drapery at the back which kind of makes it my favourite of all It makes the stage change harder but hey, it's super pretty There are some notorious stories of the skirt failing as well. All on stage and all changes by cast not crew. #HOW TO MAKE A PHANTOM OF THE OPERA COSTUME FULL#but I thought it was different enough from what other projects I have shared, just to show diversity This outfit starts as a ballet costume, becomes a full blown diva gown c1881 and then is worn under a dressing gown for the title song. ![]()
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