Thursday, March 04, 2010 :::
 


Starting to review books for Book Sneeze, they give me the books - I review -

Labels: book reviews, Book Sneeze, books, freebies

::: posted by pamela at 11:32 AM



Tuesday, March 02, 2010 :::
 
Spent yesterday with buddy Eldon clearing out another corner of the apt. - in the bedroom this time. This gave me the chance to take partial stock of mly wardrobe - I DO keep things I would never wear as a person as costuming. I could just wear jeans & t-shirts or sweatshirts - & mostly be fine - That is for sitting here at the computer and trawling for work & keeping up the PR efforts and so on....

But then out of the blue, I am called upon to produce formal wear - the full rig - or professional business wear (another full rig) - Rig meaning shoes - tops - bag, earrings and pins and scarves & so on. I have found that it's MUCH easier to pick up these pieces as I go along than to shop for anything in the last minute. Not to mention MUCH CHEAPER. I picked up a Chanel-style knit suit for $5.00 at an old ladies thrift shop a week or so ago - which will go with the expensive designer "court shoes" I picked up a few years ago (the shoes alone are worth about $400 new!!) I frankly could not have afforded to get new clothes of this quality.

Now, the downside is that I have to store all this stuff. But I can get dressed quite quickly without making myself totally nuts.

Since I do indie films and other projects with relatively low budgets - I find myself having to provide my own wardrobe more often than not - And of course, nowadays, you have to dress to subliminally indicate character for the part - so I have to keep on hand dorky things I would never wear otherwise. The people at the French commercial were crazy for my old faded stretch denim capris that I had mended (even tho my hubby had said - just throw it out!)

Clothes do make character - especially for women - the shoes you wear and the behavior that the clothes demand do proscribe a "world" that the woman lives in - & it's all just so much easier to dress the part & let the wardrobe do a lot of the character work for you rather than trying to pretend - no?

Labels: acting, character, clothes, indie films, wardrobe

::: posted by pamela at 1:27 PM

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