Costumes, Accessories, Props and Stage Illusions Made Easy de Barb Rogers

Costumes, Accessories, Props and Stage Illusions Made Easy

Barb Rogers

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2005

Transform common people into superheroes, movie stars, witches -- whatever illusion you want to create. Creative costuming is all in the details. One garment can take on many totally different looks depending on how you accessorise it. Over the years, the author has learned all the tricks about how anyone can turn leftover clothing into fabulous costumes. This book's numerous drawings explain in detail the costuming process of 'turning straw into gold'. It shows you how to design illusions that you never thought possible. Yes, you can easily do all this -- and at a minimum expense! This is another Barb Rogers must have book for your library of costume ideas.

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Cuprins

Introduction; Full Costumes; Jackets and Pants; Costumes for Children; Hats and Headpieces; Big Heads; Masks; Jewellery; Collars, Cuffs, Flaps and Capes; Wings; Gloves, Belts and Aprons; Feet, Shoes, and Leggings; Undergarments; Native American Props; Wands and Poles; Armour; Thrones, Crowns and Sceptres; Dinnerware; Lamps; Illusions; Index.

Notă biografică

For a time, Barb Rogers haunted thrift shops, rummage sales, and auctions to find old clothes that could be converted into costumes and sold. Not a seamstress, unable to use a pattern, and without a sewing machine, she developed her unique way of designing costumes. Broadway Bazaar Costumes was born in one upstairs room, on the main street of Mattoon, Illinois, with 130 costumes and Barb's burning desire to succeed. It had grown to fifteen rooms of fun, fabulous, dazzling costumes within five years. A member of the National Costumers Association, Barb attended national conventions, competed with costumers from all over the U.S., and won many awards. But after ten years in business, she was brought down by a severe illness. Always the survivor and eternal optimist but unable to continue running the shop, she leased it out and found her second love: writing. Barb, her husband Junior, and their two dogs, Sammi and Georgie, relocated to a small mountain community in Arizona, where she could heal and write. In addition to her costuming books, Barb published several other books. She always held on to costuming as her first love. Barb died in 2011.