The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Natella (Act II)
Costume design by Louella Powell
Garment by Samantha Lemieux with stitching by Jason Orlenko
UW-Milwaukee, Spring 2007-2008



This is Natella's outfit from the beginning of the show, where she is coming home from Easter Services before the revolution. I love this top pattern, it's my fav thing I've done this year.

I definitely would love to make a tutorial for drafting this type of top, what do you think? It's rather complicated, but still really pretty, I think. Despite the fabric.

Our most recent show, with which I had many, many beefs (mostly, because the theme was "Oriental" *shivers*)

This is the outfit of the woman who leaves her child behind in her flight from a revolution. She is a horrible woman, who is only worred about herself and her wardrobe.

This show really stuck it home that cheap (JoAnn's) satin brocade should not exist! It looks tacky on stage, and it's so ugly to work with. I still have glitteries all over my stuff from this show.

Anyways, onto more about the outfit. Self drafted pattern, I think I was the only person in the whole damn build not to use a commercial bath robe for their outfit (seriously - since when did any designer ever say "I want Chinese-ish! Lets buy some bathrobe patterns!"... oh wait, that's exactly what my designer said -__-; ) Not only is it shiny, but it is caked in trim. I never, ever want to have to put that much trim on a costume ever again, especially of these types. We basically upended the trim drawers that had been accumulating for decades, and used it all on the show. It was sickening.