I've got costumes on my mind today, because that's what I've been doing...making costumes for The Underground Restaurant at Bestival next month. I haven't taken any good pics yet so here's some oldies....
These are costumes that I made about 7 years ago for a production of the Merry Wives of Windsor, in Ireland.
I had a tiny budget (what's new) so raided the charity shop, and my own fabric stash/dressing up box, and fiddled and stitched and came up with these...
Dodgy geezers.
Falstaff and Mistress Ford having a good ol' flirt
Mistress Quickly trying hard to look innocent.
That's me. As well as doing the costumes, I was learning her rambley lines.
Full on work but massive fun, despite the moments of weeping in foetal position at the back of the costume cupboard.
Master Ford and Falstaff
I made most of the men's costumes from suits.
Pimped
Amazing what you can do with a couple of old curtains
These were taken during dress rehearsal, hence Falstaff's dodgy shorts .....the final trousers were much better, and went with his jacket. I still wear them. Also the ties tying his sleeves on kept snapping. The last costume to be finished at the last minute.
Merry Wives was the 1st production on the open air stage at the College of Further Ed in Kinsale, co.Cork. It was directed by the utterly wonderful Belinda Wild, who runs the Drama and Theatre Arts Course. The theatre was built by the permaculture students, and I found this old article from Permaculture magazine about the building process
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