Don't Panic

Or more accurately when your vintage 50's silk dress comes back from the dry cleaners three hours before curtian looking like this;

PANIC!
and then step 2; stop Panicking and take apart the seams so that you can lie what is left of the fabric flat.
Sometimes these things happen, sometimes fabric that looks perfectly sound will disintegrate when confronted with dry cleaning fluid... even pros miss these things on occasion. That said... upon seeing the destroyed sleeve I did have a mega-queasy feeling. This is Bad.
Step 3; gently lay a light weight fabric of a similar weight behind the torn fabric and pin down
Do Not,(Repeat) Do Not use fusible interfacing or stitch witchery... hand stitch with a single thread the patch to the back of the tatters...
Step 4; See all of this mess... I did have to trim some of it away (sob)
Step 5; After the patch is hand stitched place the fabric on a good sewing machine and use a straight stitch back and forth, back and forth without overdoing it...
Step 6; reassemble sleeve and give it a good press with steam.
Step 7; HAND WASH ONLY from now on (holy crap that was scary)

NSFW

Not safe for work... unless this is your work. I had to look for some seriously racy men's underwear today, I feel a little dirty scrolling through page after page of this kind of underwear. It's for work! I swear! I also feel a little bad for laughing at a lot of the cheesy models and funny underwear. (you're not supposed to laugh at a man in his underwear)
We're looking at gingham check things, lace up jockstraps, mesh slings, butt enhancers, package enhancers, waist cinchers... quite a variety.
These three were my favorites of the day;

Left to right;
*Mesh bird print jock strap;
1. who's really going to pay attention to the print that is on them?
2. this is one of the first things that pops up when you click "underwear" on this website and Oh-my I'm still not convinced the stylist didn't just paint his penis red...

*Hello Photoshop! I wonder why they did this... was the real guy attached to this body making a terrible face? And why didn't an editor stop and say "no this looks kinda fake"

*A kilt? really? a kilt?

Ah yes, this is my job and I'm not even making porn-money... this is for a real live play that college students are required to read to deepen their cultural experience. This is for art. Really.

needs more blood...

What does a night gown look like after you have murdered your husband on your wedding night? I think probably very very bloody...

Here is the conservative amount of blood... there will be more tonight I think.