July 22nd, 11:30am – 5:00pm (12:30 – 1:30 lunch break)
A detailed how to staple drape your own top, sleeves, skirt or coat with the lowdown on costume history, as seen through staple draping. Understand costume and clothing terms in plain English to create a real garment you staple draped yourself! Students come out of the class with a pair of scissors, a stapler, and a garment they made themselves. There’s basic history of costumes, definition of patterning terms, and a whole lot of treating the body as sculpture. And if folks are interested, we can talk about how this can become a career.