Costume 1

Hello,
Today I will be writing about a costume we did for a performer here in Turkey. When we had our first meeting she told us about what she wanted which was a nude body suit with gems, a puffy nude coloured skirt till the floor and a mask covered with gems. Our process started with getting her measurements and then creating the pattern.

Here are some pictures from the pattern process

Once the pattern was cut and ready it was time to sew. I used the overlocking machine only (this was because with a straight stitch you lose the elasticity of the fabric). Once we sew it it was time for the gems. The smaller ones of the gems were stick ons and the larger ones were sew ons. This picture was taken when we completed only the stick ones with some sew ons.

When this phase of the making process was complete we moved on to make the mask. For this we bought a cardboard mask and cut it into the shape we wanted. Secondly, we sew the same shape from fabric to cover the cardboard mask. Once the fabric was completed it was time to start putting the gems on it. Like the body suit we put both stick ons and sew ons. Here is a picture of the mask ( this was taken before it was complete, we put many more gems on it so no fabric was showing underneath).

Once these two items were close to finishing we started working on the puffy skirt. To get the shape we wanted we used a material called glop which is used to make corsets. This gave us the shape we wanted and we added hard netting to give it more of a puff. We then covered it with fabric and put some small stick on gems on the entire thing (I am very sorry but I do not have pictures of this process). Here is a picture of the skirt on me to show the puff on the back.

Once everything was complete we handed it over to our client who wore it for one of her performances and here are some pictures of her.

Costume Design

Hello everyone,

Today I would like to talk about Costume Design. While living and working in İstanbul we got the opportunity to meet some great people who are performers. When they found out what we did for a living they were delighted because they were having some trouble finding designers who would think out of the box. (Enter SNACH)

After our initial meeting we went to the drawing board and tried to come up with as many ideas as we could to fit their themes. This in my eyes wasn't the best move because showing all you can do at once might backfire too but it all worked out for us. We started with some interesting jackets and bodysuits. I will be sharing pictures and also will be sharing some sketches and designs very soon. I am very excited about this part of the blog. 

I will be able to share more work with you this way and I think it is an enjoyable subject to read about.

This is going to be a short entry but I will be writing a longer one very soon. I am sorry that I haven't written in a while will be writing more often from now on.