Everything That Never Happened
Lorenzo
The character of Lorenzo embodies the Romantic hero/love interest in the play. In speaking with Mel, she articulated that Lorenzo lives outside of the time period to become the classic heroic male lead. She also drew in inspiration from modern runway fashion looking back on history. Her research was paramount to getting the specific flow and look to the coat and trousers.
I drew inspiration from many time periods in the 1800s. From the large notched lapel to the deep pleats at center back to the fullness of the hem, I had to rely on a lot of tailoring techniques and eye to balance all the elements of the garments.
Jessica
Jessica's wedding dress consists of a boned bodice, a seperate skirt, and a petticoat installed into the skirt. The overdress was cut during tech.
Mel and I wanted to create a classic historical shiloutte to ontrast Lornezo's more modern look. Her outfit stays more true to the timer period. All the pieces in this outfit allowed me to show skills in women's costume construction; such as boning a bodice with flat steel and syntheic whale bone, balancing a skirt over a petticoat, and rigging the bodice and skirts together with buttons and elastic.
Shylock
Shylock's cloak brought and interesting set of challenges to my table. Mel wanted the cloak to fit and feel like two separate garments, but held together. I achieved this by having the sleeves of the cloak attached to an shirt and tacked through the slits of the cloak. Mel wanted it to create the idea of this being the garment that Shylock has to wear when he leaves his house as a Jewish man in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
