First of the days fittings
This is I believe the fourth round of fittings that we have had - another problem with being third in a series of four productions is that almost all your actors are working on another production first so finding when they can come up for fittings is a challenge in itself.
The fitting for Maya's (Helena's) wedding dress was fantastic, the only problem being the armhole was slightly too big, so that when it was brought in the sleeve ended up being too short. Other then that, I asked for the neckline to be altered slightly to soften it.
Maya's slip fitting was done at the same time, and other then the colour is perfect. This being the problem with ordering online - the picture showed it to be a peach/beige, the colour said it was cream, when it arrived it was a very pale off white. We have been assured by tutor Alison that the fabric can be dyed but as there are two slips that are meant to be identical we will need to dye them at the same time.
Then was the body suit fitting for one of our fairy dancer ASM's Abigail. This required only a very few standard alterations - the sleeves are able to be removed, and the neckline was widened to ensure that she will be able to get it on and off easily.
Meeting with Grace
After the fittings, myself and Grace sat down to talk over the problems with the suits. We are having a great deal of dificulty in sourcing blue suits in multiples for Lysander and Helena. After speaking to Mandy, one of our tutors, we discussed changing Lysanders suit from pale blue to a silver-grey. This is a change I am happy to make from the design as it is still in the colour pallete and theme, however the issue is still in style, budget and availability.
After discussing the similar problem with Helena's suit and finding some pottential options, we discussed them with Mandy who, after searching with us, managed to find what was set to be a blue suit jacket, in a different style but could be altered, at a shop locally via their website. On phoning the shop, Grace had them put one of the jackets asside for me to view, and with an hour and a half until the next and final fitting of the day, I ran down to the shop to see the jacket - only to find out that it was not blue. It was green. Well, more precisely duckegg blue, which is a very similar colour, and a very DIFFERENT colour from what we're looking for and can use.
On arriving back I found Mandy and explained the issue, and we discussed changing Helena's suit to pale grey as well as an option in the event that we can't find a blue suit for her.
The next fitting;
The afternoon fitting was for Sacha for her fairy dancer body suit. This involved, again, only the most minor alterations to the neckline for ease getting into and out of the suit, the left sleeve being removed and as standard it seems the knee being brought in.
The final meeting with Grace of the day;
Which brings us to the next problem of the day. Despite checking 2 weeks ago that all the fabrics that we wanted from fabric land - in particular the two knitted jersey's for the base costumes of the mechanicals-as-fairies, our buyer Jess went for them this morning, and 3 of the fabrics including the green knitted jersey are now unavailable. We still have the coral knitted jersey, the two velvets and one of the sheers, so this is a good start on the fabrics. However, there is a light of hope in that Jess is going up to London, and now armed with my fabric file with the missing fabrics she is going to attempt to find similar replacements for them.
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