As a professional wardrobe technician, you spend a lot of time carrying around laundry baskets. Laundry baskets are an essential backstage tool for any wardrobe crew. Whether they are used for catching quick change discards, tracking costumes, or sorting laundry, laundry baskets are one item there never seems to be enough of. They come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials, so it can be tough to decide which one is right for your needs. If you aren’t using the correct basket, you might find out rather quickly. This is because it might cause injury to you or injury to your costume pieces. In this article, we will discuss…
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7 Essentials Details to Add to Your Notes to be an Effective Wardrobe Swing
An essential member of any Broadway wardrobe team is its swing Dressers. These dressers might be called to do any track in the show at the last minute. They also might be tasked with knowing multiple tracks of the same show. Because of this, it’s essential for a wardrobe swing to have fantastic notes to reference while moving through the show. When you start training, you will receive notes from the dresser who built the track that you are learning. However, it’s impossible to include every little detail in track notes before they become extremely dense and difficult to read. In this article, we are going to take a closer…
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The Ultimate Dresser Apron: What to Keep in Your Toolkit
As a dresser, you play a crucial role in ensuring that performers look their best on stage. With the fast-paced nature of backstage, it is important for you to be able to have the tools you might need at a moment’s notice. This is where a well-stocked dresser apron comes in! Your dresser apron equipped with essential tools and supplies to handle wardrobe changes and emergencies with ease. If you’re new to dressing, you may have questions about what to include in your apron and how to organize it for maximum efficiency. In this article, we will provide you with valuable guidance on stocking your dresser apron, along with tips…
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The Most Efficient Way How to Iron a Dress Shirt
At the beginning of your wardrobe career, you will probably run into a show where you need to iron A LOT of men’s dress shirts FAST. The best way to approach this challenge is to have a system; a way that you iron every shirt using the same basic steps. In my experience, this is the most efficient way to iron a dress shirt. How to Iron a Dress Shirt Clothes really go through a lot of wear and tear during a performance. Especially men’s dress shirts; typically, these pieces get sweaty enough that you will be laundering them at least every other day, if not every day. Why Do…
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The Most Common Costume Quick Rigging Closures in Theatre
There are many different ways a wardrobe department might go about quick rigging a costume. The best way to talk through these techniques is to break them down to the basics and work them up from there. So first, let’s talk about the basic costume quick rigging closures that may be used to optimize a garment for a quick change. Click on each closure for a more in-depth look! (Coming Soon) Why Might You Quick Rig a Costume? While there are many reasons why someone might need to rig a costume, generally, quick rigging a costume has to do with the amount of time an actor has (or doesn’t have)…
