Thursday, October 14, 2021

a costume malfunction??

 This evening was my first opportunity to try on my costumes for the play.  One is a dark print shirt waist dress, very typical of the 50s and it fit me perfectly.  Then I tried to try on the second dress, a navy blue, sophisticated looking dress, suitable for wearing to visit someone who is grieving.  When I pulled it on over my head, I realized something was wrong.  There were big holes at the back of my arms where the back of the sleeves should be.  At first I thought it was the current style of bare shoulders in sleeves but then I realized that was highly unlikely in a dress of the 50s.  By the time I got the dress off, the sleeves were hanging on by threads and I hadn't put any strain on them at all.  I guess it was really good that this happened in the dressing room and not on stage.  I really don't want to do an Incredible Hulk imitation in front of an audience.

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