Thursday, February 4, 2010



These are "Color In" dresses by Berber Soepboer and Michiel Schuurman (who must be Dutch). They arrive black and white with pens. What I like is:
-The line, although for dance the opaque skirt is just plain tricky. You lose the individual lines of the legs, but get the movement of fabric. A perennial toss-up.
-The way gray scale darkens above the waist, creating a cinched look.
-The pattern which is all-over and busy but unified. I can imagine this kind of active visual overlaid on Michael's chair colors and concept.
-The fit - lean, clean.
Eva likes to wear loose things and Vicky has gradually been trying to get her to wear tops that hug her form. She might be allergic to this!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Chairs




Michael Biello came to the December showing and afterward came up with a bunch of ideas related to the visual world of the piece. He's designing the set elements and made this prototype for a chair. The covering is related to our manipulations of fabric and thread...How to make the costumes fit well with these? Maybe contrasting through using prints on costumes, solids on chairs?