Today I had meeting with the tailor/designer, George, that we will be using for Canterbury Tales. Firstly, I asked him the list of questions that I posted before. He told me that he has his own studio, with 5 workers working there, and all the technology/machinery that he will need to make the costumes are there. This means that we won't have to pay for his transport to school and back every day, and the costumes will be finished very early on in the process, which is a plus! He says that to make/tailor the 30+ costumes, it will only take him less than a week, therefore I have more time for designing. He is willing to put in however long it will take. I then asked him about the average prices of an outfit and he said K250. I didn't know if this was a good price or not, so I asked Ms. Turner (who came to the meeting a bit later) and she made sure the price went down and gave him a better explanation of what we needed: nothing too detailed or well-made, and quite simple. I think the most expensive costume we will have is for the Wife of Bath which will be K150. He has mostly chitenge material in his shop, but also some Western materials, but in small amounts so when I figure out what costumes I need, I will go out and buy them myself (with the schools money of course). After these sets of questions, I showed him my sketches and we edited some of them. This was very productive because we have found all the fabrics and ideas for most of the main characters, and we gave him the fabrics to make all the costumes. He took measurements for the actors that were there, either for their costumes or just regular measurements. I think this tailor will be good for the school because he is time efficient, though he may be expensive as he doesn't charge per day, he charges per costume, but it won't take as long as the tailor previously used, so hopefully the price will be better! I'm proud to say we're moving forward!
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Muriel KruizeMy current project for DP Theatre is being the costume and makeup designer for our schools' MYP Play, Canterbury Tales. |