Sally Bowles' Black Lace Dress

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This quick entry concerns the process of making an elaborate lace dress for the character of Sally Bowles. Costume designer Jen Caprio has worked with draper and second-year grad student Leah Pelz (under the guidance of Costume Director Judy Adamson of course) on exactly how this garment is to be made, and these three images illustrate the path so far from page to stage.

Jen's rendering of the costume. She purchased several different yardages of lace in similar motifs, which Leah and her stitchers are collaging to create the dress.




Jen then photocopied the different laces to experiment with how they would be collaged. This was one idea, though the skirt portion from the horizontal band down will be different than you see above.




This is the bodice of the actual dress on a form as of last night.
How many kinds of lace do you see?

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[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

I see at least 3 different kinds, but there might be a fourth at the top.