Day 20,21

Day 20

dress from Nordstrom

Day 21

Thrifted shirt, slacks, and earrings, NY & Company wedges

excuse the polish  >.<

I've put days 20 and 21 together because they were pretty much spent doing the same.exact.thing. Alterations truly aren't my strong point.

Zippers are difficult for me because of all the fabric and straight lines and metal. It would seem easy to a non- sewer, but it's much more difficult to do than it appears. Here's a link to a website, if anyone's interested, on attaching zippers. 

http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3728/sewing-in-a-zipper

There are many ways to put in zippers, and although I've made them in the past, I couldn't remember exactly how I had done it. The costume shop manager had begun showing me, but we had to go to a photoshoot for the actor and got distracted. I didn't want to take up any more time after we had finished, so I tried to finish it on my own. Mistake. My lines were crazy and nothing was adding up right. I had to give up for the rest of the day. I didn't feel very accomplished on Day 20.

Despite all of this, the photoshoot put me in a really good mood. It was the first time I got to see  The pictures were being taken for newspaper ads and media purposes. The inspiration for the photoshoot were Hairspray's actual promo pics. The shoot was so professional and the kids had such a good time dressed up in their costumes and wigs.Since we aren't done with alterations, all of the kids were put in dresses or suits that fit them well enough to be able to move around and pose in. We had to put wig caps and wigs on all of the actresses, along with lipstick and fake eyelashes. It's kind of eery to see such young kids all dolled up and concerned with makeup, but I hope that they want to wash it right off after the shoot and be kids again. wishful thinking

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Day 21 didn't have any cool photoshoots, just more zippers. I spent the entire day working that green dress that I made weeks ago. I worked on alterations and gathering the skirt, but the zipper frustrated me and I quietly threw a fit and pushed through until 5:30. 

I was determined to get it right the next day.