Maybe interesting about clothing and costuming.
Maybe interesting about clothing and costuming.
Originally shared by Lou Flores
The Stratford Festival, Ontario 2015
The Forum
Clothes make the man (or woman)
Five hundred year ago men’s clothing defined the status and class of a man as they wore garish colors in bold longer styles filled with lace and trim. Today no man would wear a red or yellow suit of clothes for fear that he might be mistaken for Santa Claus or the Banana Man. The Forum panel this week spoke to the fashions of men and women over the last centuries both on and off the stage. The former editor of “Chatelaine,” Rona Maynard, joined festival costume designer Charlotte Dean along with Larry Rosen, CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.
Rosen pointed out that women’s styles are allowed to change with the seasons where as with men there has been a stability in fashions in the last century. The classic dark suit will often carry the occasion for most men along with the appropriate accessories and polished shoes. Having said that both Maynard and Dean commented on how clothes become our outer skin that shares about who we are at a given time. It is the garments that we arrange on our bodies that allow us to be creative and bold. No matter where we are people do take notice of us and we remain creatures that judge and rate what we see through our primal instinct. At the same time what we wear displays our distinctive qualities. Whatever we have on is “the fashion statement” we are sharing with others. Our clothing then becomes a form of complimentary feature when we are at leisure or in business.
Dean shared that it is a little different when a costume designer must dress an actor for a specific script. In a play the clues can come from the character’s name, the era, the season, the social status, or if the work is a comedy or a tragedy.
Clothing does set the standard of many professions including finance and politics. We see men in sleek suits, crisp white shirts, and stylish ties as figures of authority. Notice that all airlines have their pilots and crew staff in natty uniforms complete with jaunty caps and brass buttons. The suit doesn’t make the pilot a better aviator. The crisp attire is for the passengers as again we hold people in uniforms with greater respect. Rosen also noted that men used to be the "peacocks" when it came to clothing back in the time of Shakespeare. However, men are now ridding themselves of ties as only six percent of males in the work force wear ties. What has become more fashionable for men is the use of bold socks and brown shoes with dark suits along with cheeky cufflinks and smart wristwatches. In the end, we were asked not to go on the cheap, but to buy the best clothes your money can purchase.
Originally shared by Lou Flores
The Stratford Festival, Ontario 2015
The Forum
Clothes make the man (or woman)
Five hundred year ago men’s clothing defined the status and class of a man as they wore garish colors in bold longer styles filled with lace and trim. Today no man would wear a red or yellow suit of clothes for fear that he might be mistaken for Santa Claus or the Banana Man. The Forum panel this week spoke to the fashions of men and women over the last centuries both on and off the stage. The former editor of “Chatelaine,” Rona Maynard, joined festival costume designer Charlotte Dean along with Larry Rosen, CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.
Rosen pointed out that women’s styles are allowed to change with the seasons where as with men there has been a stability in fashions in the last century. The classic dark suit will often carry the occasion for most men along with the appropriate accessories and polished shoes. Having said that both Maynard and Dean commented on how clothes become our outer skin that shares about who we are at a given time. It is the garments that we arrange on our bodies that allow us to be creative and bold. No matter where we are people do take notice of us and we remain creatures that judge and rate what we see through our primal instinct. At the same time what we wear displays our distinctive qualities. Whatever we have on is “the fashion statement” we are sharing with others. Our clothing then becomes a form of complimentary feature when we are at leisure or in business.
Dean shared that it is a little different when a costume designer must dress an actor for a specific script. In a play the clues can come from the character’s name, the era, the season, the social status, or if the work is a comedy or a tragedy.
Clothing does set the standard of many professions including finance and politics. We see men in sleek suits, crisp white shirts, and stylish ties as figures of authority. Notice that all airlines have their pilots and crew staff in natty uniforms complete with jaunty caps and brass buttons. The suit doesn’t make the pilot a better aviator. The crisp attire is for the passengers as again we hold people in uniforms with greater respect. Rosen also noted that men used to be the "peacocks" when it came to clothing back in the time of Shakespeare. However, men are now ridding themselves of ties as only six percent of males in the work force wear ties. What has become more fashionable for men is the use of bold socks and brown shoes with dark suits along with cheeky cufflinks and smart wristwatches. In the end, we were asked not to go on the cheap, but to buy the best clothes your money can purchase.
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