Thread: Weirdest costume creation moment?

Originally Posted by White Knight

Viva la Belvoir thankyou for giving me a coupel of mins good entertainment in what was otherwise a very boring day those stories are brilliant

Glad to be of service! And I promise you they are all true. I'll spare you the tragic tales. Suffice it to say, don't go into this business unless you have an iron constitution and a high pain threshold ( standing on pins is an occupational hazard), can cope with sleep deprivation, are prepared to have little or no recognition of your work, have extremely understanding friends, and can cope with having your own mother describe you as an eccentric. And you better not be allergic to dust, feathers, sweat, fur, ominous-looking stains or the sight of blood, either.
But you do end up with some great stories.
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Oh I've stepped on plenty of pins, I know how much they hurt, I sliced a little bit off my finger (only a tiny sliver could have been worse) just last week when I was using a scalple to cut leather for a sword sheaf

Originally Posted by Viva La Belvoir

Glad to be of service! And I promise you they are all true. I'll spare you the tragic tales. Suffice it to say, don't go into this business unless you have an iron constitution and a high pain threshold ( standing on pins is an occupational hazard), can cope with sleep deprivation, are prepared to have little or no recognition of your work, have extremely understanding friends, and can cope with having your own mother describe you as an eccentric. And you better not be allergic to dust, feathers, sweat, fur, ominous-looking stains or the sight of blood, either.
But you do end up with some great stories.
Vx

couldn't agree more, there is that moment at 3am when you do realise what you are doing and for a second think, why ?, but it quickly passes as the deadline races towards you and they suddenly decide they want another 10 making but can you deliver then all at the same time that morning. No time for thinking then just doing !

Haha, the stories are great.I have to say any costumes Ive made have been quite sober(wonderwoman, fairy , draculas bride)but I make digital collage prints and on many occasions written on my facebook page things like 'Why cant I make the elephants head stick to the peacock!!'Very odd phrases me thinks.

Standing in a joke shop holding 2 sheep masks on my boobs and asking Delilah Galore 'Black or white' while a shop assistant looked terribly confused, at which we both turned and said to her at exactly the same time 'Don't ask.'

It's always fun when shopping for fabric and the shop assistant asks what you need the fabric for. I've had to think quickly on the spot to avoid making old ladies blush I can tell you.

Driving around with 2 christmas pudding complete with twirling tassles waving merrily from my parcel shelf to the drivers behind me was an amusing experience .

Aside from that, does anybody else get struck by inspiration by music at inappropriate times, say shopping, and find they are trying out a routine in their head to discover you're wiggling and shimmying up the cereal aisle. That's always a way to show people how truly speshul you are...

All this is amazing! I'm sitting here (actualy supposed to be working!!) laughing to myself!

The other day a massive box load of ram's horns turned up next door and I had to explain to my mother in law (she's my neighbour, and in her 80s) what on earth they were for... (they're for some demon head dresses, just so you know!)

I mostly make costumes for worldwide horror attractions so a one-sided conversation to suppliers or purchasers about blood, flesh, bone matter (etc) can sound a bit dubious to blue-rinsed eavesdroppers if I'm doing business on a mobile whilst rattling around the welsh valleys on a bus... (note to self, try not to sound quite so enthusiastic about gore when in a public place!!) but I love it!

And yes, Cariad, I to find myself shimmying in a shop if I hear something inspiring and all manner of routines pop into my head! Glad it isn't just me!!

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Psst, meet me in Tesco, aisle 4!

lol I did have to have a good giggle reading the above I have bizarre moments but nothing like that lol sounds wonderful

I have had one crazy costume creation where I ended up flooding my student flat including everyone’s bed rooms. but the worst thing that happened to me was within a performances I was doing in a company last year. I was based up on the 1940’s blitz in Liverpool. We were touring schools and theatres. Of course we had quick costume changed and due to the fact we had little space and 9 people in the cast we often allocated spaces for each of us to get changed. We where half way though a performance where we had a quick change into some armed forces costumes. As we all scrambled and managed to changed I remember running on stage and standing in line. As I looked to the left of me there was one of the other cast members a 6ft bloke squashed into my costume it wasn’t until then I realised I had his swamped out fit on and he was in mine, I don’t think I have ever managed to cry on stage giggling and holding my lines. Although it looked at if it was supposed to be part of the act it was the funniest and strangest moment I have ever experienced. I was mumbling to myself to stop giggling but every time I looked up he had this look of pity on his face.

Originally Posted by Cariad Cwtch

Psst, meet me in Tesco, aisle 4!

lol - can you imagine it! especially if you got out your sheep heads! :-)
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not costume but prop...

Going to pick up my "Wanted" poster from the printers for my cowgirl routine - the young man brought it out to show me the A2 print of myself dressed as a cowgirl winking at the camera with the words "wanted on several accounts of indecent exposure" underneath...he was stiffling a giggle and the old man in queue behind me's face was a picture!