Basic Layout of the Binder of Doom

  • what is costume manager
    • summary of duties (your duties are highlighted in the tab sections of this binder! hooray for organization!)
    • mission statement as well as cautions
      • standard of presentation on stage and off
    • how sizing works- appreciation of sizing and differences
      • note: showing vs. not showing stomach and how to handle this
    • there will always be dudes. work with them and non-binaries fairly and respectfully.
  • here is the shit (inventory)
    • notes on each, material, quantity, how old it is, shape it's in, sizing notes
    • Inventory Log: USE THIS SHIT
  • duties vis à vis the shit
    • washing (how to, how to NOT for each)
    • fixing (how to:
      • look at it first. do you need to fix this?
      • ravelling strings on hipscarves
      • coins back onto hipscarves
      • coin ends back onto hipscarves
      • small rips in non-stretchy places
      • small rips in stretchy places
    • storing the Shit
  • where to get more shit
    • EBay and Rainbow are your new best friends
    • skirts
    • cholis
    • hipscarves
    • veils/lost cause
    • canes
    • t-shirts (CustomInk); cautionary insert about local dude and copyright images
    • RAINBOW OMFG
      • tank top example
      • cardigan for screenprinting at Rainbow
    • harem pants (EBay)
  • making new shit
    • cropping tank tops (RAINBOW!!!)
    • stapling with the Bedazzler
    • "overtops" gloss- Sirens/Shiver, etc.
    • making things for the dudes
      • Aladdin vests out of blazers
    • Sihir-able patterns available
  • the website
    • passwords, username, address, etc. address to edit is different.
    • how to website
      • add new pictures; basically the only thing you'll need to do
      • standards for pictures/model permissions
  • The Show Talk
    • what is acceptable/not acceptable (as two column lists)
      • returning the shit in a timely fashion
      • making the Sandwich, choli and hipscarf edition
      • leggings/bike shorts under skirts at all times
      • regular bras under sports bras and both at all times
      • you do not have to show your stomach
      • underwear and topography
      • standards of makeup (with pictures and lists); what to do if you cannot makeup
  • Last and least: do not make the shit your life. The shit does not matter as much as you. Do not take on too much, and do not give your life to the shit (tempting as it is). [include?]
dec 14 2013 ∞
may 9 2015 +