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Ok, E, I need your help! (NWR - edited for mis-posts)

saisongbirdsaisongbird
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Trying this again...
I am directing Guys and Dolls Jr. at my middle school.  But I'm not just the director, I'm the director, musical director, choreographer, lighting/sound designer, technical director, costumer, all in one!  ::headdesk::  I'm in the process of finding costumes for the girls for Bushel and a Peck - I have 12 Hot Box Girls who need to be dressed identically, and I found this costume:




I love it.  It's adorable, it's not too short, and in various sizes, it fit all the girls.  So I placed the orders and now I've run into problems.  They ran out of stock (it's one warehouse that ships to all of these costuming companies) and I currently am in possession of 3 larges and 4 mediums.  Ideally, I'd have 5 larges and 7 mediums, but I can make it work with 4 smalls, 4 mediums, and 4 larges based on the sizes of my girls, or with 3/4 larges, 5/6 mediums, and 3 smalls.

E, I need help finding more of this costume.  I'm in contact with an e-bay distributor to see what sizes he has (he says he has 10 costumes but if they're 10 smalls it's no good to me), but I either need to find this costume or find an alternative.  The biggest problem I'm running into is that this is middle school, and the costumes I'm finding are RIDICULOUSLY short/slutty.  The problem is that the costumes HAVE to match (gee, sound familiar anyone?) because they're backup dancer to Adelaide, who I have dressed in a Dorothy costume.  I *could* reverse the dresses, but I can't find Dorothy for under $30 that still appropriate, and it needs to be at the $30 mark because the girls are paying for their own dresses.  I had found the red riding hood ones for $23, and that included shipping!

I could really use some help, and I'd appreciate anything I can get.  Do you know someone with the costume, gently used?  I'll consider anything at this point.  Please help!  And thanks.
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Re: Ok, E, I need your help! (NWR - edited for mis-posts)

  • AlannaFAlannaF member
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    I will look.  In the meantime, have you checked out MTI's showspace to see if there are rental possibilities for you?  Or are there theaters or high schools in the area that will rent out this kind of stuff to you?  I have rented out our Beauty and the Beast costume plot, and our Jets/Sharks jackets from West Side Story several times. I'm sure other high schools would do the same.

    Or, do you have dependable parents who could make the remaining ones to the specifications of the others? 

    Since you've already got more than half, and it's in your price range, I'd say stick with the costume.  Are you able to return the others if you go a different route? Maybe the ebay vendor only has sizes you don't need, but you could use pieces from them or have the costumes altered.

    If I see something that looks very similar to the style, I will pm you. 
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  • saisongbirdsaisongbird
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    Kiki - all the girls have tried on the costume - on my girls, this costume comes to their knees.  They're more than covered, and we're not ordering the tights.  Just the dress.
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  • sucrets4sucrets4 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_ok-e-need-nwr?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:b03688bf-91e1-48f5-83ce-676f00e4eeb0Post:31186373-a2d8-4c81-9871-57d39f81c8c9">Re: Ok, E, I need your help! (NWR - edited for mis-posts)</a>:
    [QUOTE]I hope it's longer than it looks!  Not trying to be a jerk, but if I had a middle-school age girl, I wouldn't want her dressed as Slutty Little Red Riding Hood on a stage. ETA:  Ok, I found a YouTube video of this part of the play.. I can see how those costumes work.  So ignore me in general, <strong>I just wouldn't let MY daughter wear it</strong> :)
    Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]

    Oh, waaah, so I guess your kids won't ever be in a dance recital or wear anything tight or short for a production?

    I get that SAI didn't mention in her OP that the tights and heels (and slutty pose) wouldn't be happening, but I don't think she was asking opinions about if it's appropriate or not. 
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  • saisongbirdsaisongbird
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    I heart you, sookie.
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_ok-e-need-nwr?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:b03688bf-91e1-48f5-83ce-676f00e4eeb0Post:07fb0347-55f4-4126-a3f9-b07e5095c39b">Re: Ok, E, I need your help! (NWR - edited for mis-posts)</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Ok, E, I need your help! (NWR - edited for mis-posts) : Oh, waaah, so I guess your kids won't ever be in a dance recital or wear anything tight or short for a production? I get that SAI didn't mention in her OP that the tights and heels (and slutty pose) wouldn't be happening, but I don't think she was asking opinions about if it's appropriate or not. 
    Posted by sucrets4[/QUOTE]

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    </div><div>Didn't like four people on SB say the same thing?  </div>
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  • saisongbirdsaisongbird
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    Well, Kiki, considering that I was, you know, ASKING FOR HELP, I thought it was a given.  I know how things work around here, and if you notice in ALL of my replies, both here and on SB, I looked at the critiques and replied to them in a level-headed mature way, which you were clearly unable to do here.  And, if you re-read the OP, I was (and still am) open to alternatives.  But hey, only super-conservative and unimaginative POVs are ok in theatre, right? 
    CMGr - In the Jr. version, those lines are cut.  Smile
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  • kikibabykikibaby member
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    Yeah, I can't even count the number of times in a day I'm called super-conservative! 
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  • saisongbirdsaisongbird
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    Calypso, the girls have all tried the dress on, and because I'm ordering various sizes, the dress comes to their knees.  Everything that needs to be covered is covered, and then some.  Keep in mind that we are not ordering the stockings.  Then ignore the provocative pose, and it's actually an appropriate dress because it fits the characters and everything that needs to be covered is covered.  But, I wasn't asking about appropriateness, because I know it is.  I am asking for alternatives if I can't find enough of them.
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