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.
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.
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.
2 comments:
Truly amazing! I'm glad you got to be part of it. Thanks for sharing an alien world! Mom
In Shrek there is a bit where the mechanical greeter welcoms our heroes to DuLac, and Shrek says :No, never do that again! That is what struck me with thw dancing boys on the run-way. However, "First Time was well done. I love seeing you with your team, and the designs are great. DOD
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