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Topic: Military uniforms

Posted By: dmullikin
Subject: Military uniforms
Date Posted: 5/16/10 at 9:58am

I am directing "A Few Good Men" in October & will need both Navy & Marine dress uniforms & fatigues. Willing to rent or borrow & pay shipping. Can anyone help? Limited budget.

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Debby

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Posted By: brandiwb
Date Posted: 5/17/10 at 12:51pm

We did A Few Good Men at our theatre and rented the costumes, at a good cost

I am working on getting you the company and website now. They ship anywhere and the uniforms look great. Keep checking back here and as soon as I find it, I will post it. The info in the Production Bible, I just don't have it readily in hand.

Brandi

Posted By: gelcat
Date Posted: 5/18/10 at 10:02am

Where are you located?

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www.actorsguildonline.org
Actors Guild of Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV

Posted By: dmullikin
Date Posted: 5/19/10 at 10:43pm

Peru Indiana

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Debby

Posted By: dmullikin
Date Posted: 5/19/10 at 10:44pm

Wow - really - sounds very promising. I'd really appreciate it!

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Debby

Posted By: gelcat
Date Posted: 5/20/10 at 10:21am

I'll check with our costume committee, and see what we have- I'm thinking we have scads of army, but I'm not sure about Navy and Marine. You may be better off to go with a commercial shop that really has all the sizes in the number you will need for this production.

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www.actorsguildonline.org
Actors Guild of Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV

Posted By: dmullikin
Date Posted: 5/21/10 at 10:25am

What's the name of your theater group? Do you have a website? Would love to see pictures of your production too.

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Debby

Posted By: brandiwb
Date Posted: 5/22/10 at 10:45am

Sorry it took me so long. We used DC Theatrics out of Buffalo, NY.
Their website is simply www.costume.com
Don't let the website fool you, their costumes were great, affordable to rent and they ship anywhere as our show went up in Texas.

Posted By: dmullikin
Date Posted: 5/23/10 at 6:02am

Thanks so much! This is exactly what I was looking for. I've emailed them to secure our dates. What did you guys do for shoes/boots?

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Debby

Posted By: brandiwb
Date Posted: 5/24/10 at 3:39pm

Our actors provided their own shoes if they could and the theatre had some for those who could not.

We founds that the local Army/Navy Surplus stores were quite invaluable whne it came to combat boots. As for the dress uniforms' shoes, you just want something that you can get a high polish on.

Brandi