Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: 1950's

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   We have found by using Charity & thrift shops, for nearly all our costumingprops. A cheaper easier way to atire a show, also we donate them back afterwards, which saves having to store them & only hang on to good character pieces.
Most of the cast or membership, tend to have clothing styles upto 20 years or more, hanging in thier wardrobes at home. 
so we can't see any piont of hanging on to them.
also i have found lately nearly all these charity shops, don't wash or clean the clothing, because it becomes too costly these days. So it is better if they are washed or whatever, berfore your cast wear them.

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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:48pm
	We have found by using Charity & thrift shops, for nearly all our costumingprops. A cheaper easier way to atire a show, also we donate them back afterwards, which saves having to store them & only hang on to good character pieces. Most of the cast or membership, tend to have clothing styles upto 20 years or more, hanging in thier wardrobes at home. so we can't see any piont of hanging on to them. also i have found lately nearly all these charity shops, don't wash or clean the clothing, because it becomes too costly these days. So it is better if they are washed or whatever, berfore your cast wear them.
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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galliactors Walk-On Joined: 4/09/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 4/14/08 at 11:19am
	www.curvygirlclothing.com sells some vintage recreations for plus sizes. More plus size clothing at Hollywood diva (an ebay store). Sometimes with ebay you have to change your search options. Agreeing that women were smaller back in those days a search for plus size 50's would bring up dresses from size 10 and up. Also, word choice.. "Rockabilly " "swing" "vintage" can be used for 1950's searches because some sellers don't know the difference in periods and you might actually get a better deal. Same goes for renaissance clothing.. searching on ebay with key words such as SCA, medieval, even colonial, Amish, peasant, bring up clothes that can be used for shows set in the renaissance era. Weird? Yes, but it works. FYI holyclothing.com has some period looking clothing that can be used in various shows and is a plus size clothing store. These are not costumes but for the price from the stage who will know?
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spikesgirl Celebrity Joined: 3/30/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 129	Posted: 4/15/08 at 9:26am
	Kendra - in the future, think about contacting us(SCT). We don't have a huge number of costumes, but we have a fair amount. I know we had gowns from that era because I saw them when I was helping to run cat 5 cable two weekends ago. Cheers! Charlie
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