Brown & Black Dress, Turn of the Century-ish: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

This is my last post about “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”.  The show will be performed next weekend, and the costumes are set and ready to go.  Now that I am done writing up these posts, projects will probably start coming a little slower and with a more eclectic inspiration.    I have a long list…

Dressing Baroness Bomburst: Simple Costume Plot & Costume #1

Baroness Bomburst is a great character to costume.  There are few preconceived standards (Belle she is not), and there are so many ways to play her that the possibilities are wide open.  My instructions were red and black (with possibly some gray) and OVER-THE-TOP . . . think “Capitol City”.  Since Vulgaria is an imaginary…