Some shop!

I must take a moment to pat myself on the back... my shop is getting to be so organized! This week I finished measuring and tagging all of the blazers...

and the suits...

I separated and labeled the sweaters, the pants, the knit tops...

I made sure the shoes were all on the correct shelves (A Sisyphean task at best)...

Why is all of this super anal work important you ask? Mostly because when you're pulling for a show time is not on your side. If a designer needs to dig through 50 pairs of black pants to see if she can find one pair that will fit an actor, it is actually more time efficient to go to the store and buy a pair that say "38x32" on the tag... then the next designer has 51 pairs of black pants to ignore because none of them are labeled. Pretty soon you have essentially a stock that is a big laundry heap where nothing is useful because nothing can be found. A disorganized stock is about as useful as no stock at all. Thus; I'm pretty pleased with my efforts.

Shakespearian Insult Time!

Why art thou then exasperate, thou idle immaterial skien of sleave-silk, thou green scarcenet flap for a sore eye, thou tassel of a prodigal's purse thou? Ah how the poor world is pestered with such waterflies, diminutives of nature!
--Thersites, Troilis and Cressida

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Muddy shoes

Today I had the fun of painting clean pretty clothes into looking like they've been through a week long trip in the catskills with rain, mud, a porqupine fight and the rescue of a bleeding dog... here's my "studio" mid process...

To ruin shoes it requires the following steps;
1. Field research

2. cover the shoes in a mixture of Gesso, and potting mix
3. paint over dry Gesso a layer of Raw Umber acrylic paint

4. Next layer is a Burnt Umber (leaving a little Raw Umber peaking through)

5. a slight smatterning of Burnt Sienna...

Voila! Shoes that feel like new but look Disgusting!