Da Fashion Show...

... that was over a week ago now... and that I haven't downloaded most of my pictures from...
Macy's has a Passport show every year where they have a big fund raiser for various charities they support. Every year they wind up hiring Cass' shop to do alterations and create specialty pieces for the auctions, the dancers, whatever... some years the shop hires me to help out. This year I worked on the Keith Herring dresses in the Spring and then a few Sunday's ago I came in and put in 8 hours of fast alterations.

Most of the alterations this year were for the pretty dancer boys seen in the last post.
The clothes purchased for the dancers weren't designed to fit dancer's bodies so we wound up putting all sorts of ugly (up close) alterations to make them actually fit someone with a tiny waist, broad shoulders, and a high round butt you can bounce quarters off of... oh excuse me I got carried away for a minute... super-human physique doesn't fit "slim cut" suits and Levi's 501's.
The 501's were something special because they had a special denim printed so that the Levi's people could make genuine Levi's jeans with a Keith Herring print. However, the Keith Herring estate made the Macy's people promise to destroy all of the fabric and the pants after the shows were all over because the art is all copywritten and they can't have just anybody wearing around radient babies.

Even though the alterations were what we call "meatball surgery" they looked fine when moving in stage light to with fast paced choreography...

The Passport show involved a pre-show expo full of delicious tiny food, free vodka, sponsor's goodies and entertainment...





Then we were shuffled off to the other building on the pier to see the rich people bid lots of money for vacation packages and a print of Silence=Death ($17,000). The mayor of San Francisco was there with his perfect hair and new wife and Dame Edna was there to give him a good ribbing...

Then there was the fashion show split up with dance numbers. Some of the designers had live music played with their shows. Designers featured included Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ben Sherman, Ed Hardy (designed by Christian Audigier) and some others...





After the fashion show was of corse the post-show party full of desserts, more give-aways and more vodka.

I think that about brings you all up to date. It was a lot of fun and a welcome break from the unending sewing/shopping/driving/hauling that I've been doing for the theaters I'm working for.

No time to blog... (quick! Post something anyway)!

Hi! In a nut shell;
Spring; worked on Keith Herring couture for Macy's
Sunday; spent 8 hours altering men's shirts...
Yesterday; got to go to the fashion show/benefit...
it was awesome.
Now I need to catch up for lost time...
but here's what all those shirts were used on.


... proper post to come.

Comedy of Errors is underway...

So tomorrow I begin pulling for the next show (very rapidly approaching). I posted a few of my research photos on the Biz of Show... enjoy.

Check out my Research

Posted at the-biz-of-show...

8 months without a haircut...

I get a little desperate. Note the 4 inches of split ends and the three color hair---blah

Note to self; when your favorite hair stylists are unavailable at Super Cuts just walk away. Really I was just dying to get all of this hair off my head and the guy gave me a foot ball haircut... I said "CHOPPY LAYERS!"

Lucky for me,choppy layers aren't hard so I went home and fixed it myself... not the best haircut ever but better... and it will grow out.
Next I wait for it to get greasy enough to fix my color problem...

...this is your cue to make me feel better...

I forgot my good camera!

In my haste I left my film camera in Berkeley... leaving me to take pictures of Troilus and Cressida with my digital. The digital camera, she screams at me "I cannot do this." "There is not enough light!" "I hate you!" and so on... Thus I have about five photos I think I can use in the actual portfolio. It's kinda crappy but it's better than nothing... anyway here are a few interesting shots (quality aside)