Corsets, Crinolines, and Plumbers Tubing: building Victorian underwear with modern materials — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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Student presentations must have a faculty sponsor.

Abstracts must include a title and a description of the research, scholarship, or creative work. The description should be 150-225 words in length and constructed in a format or style appropriate for the presenter’s discipline.

The following points should be addressed within the selected format or style for the abstract:

A clear statement of the problem or question you pursued, or the scholarly goal or creative theme achieved in your work.
A brief comment about the significance or uniqueness of the work.
A clear description of the methods used to achieve the purpose or goals for the work.
A statement of the conclusions, results, outcomes, or recommendations, or if the work is still in progress, the results you expect to report at the event.

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Additional Information

More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

Jun Wang
Kim Instenes
John Kirk
Nora Nickels
Andrew Pustina
James Ripley

Corsets, Crinolines, and Plumbers Tubing: building Victorian underwear with modern materials

Name: Kim Instenes
Department: Fine Arts
Type of research: Independent research

Abstract

No Name is the play adapted by our most recent guest playwright, Jeffery Hatcher. The play was adapted from a book of the same name written by Wilkie Collins in the mid 19th century. The theatre department's production of the play was set in 1850's England. My submission to Celebration of Scholars will be the research, renderings and final products for the costume design of this production. I designed the costumes from underwear to outerwear and the students in the costume shop built most of the pieces in the show. The historical research alone is daunting on a project like this, but the greatest challenge is creating the looks with modern materials and on a limited budget. The crinolines are the perfect example of this. Instead of whalebone (when is the last time you saw a piece of whalebone) and horsehair we used plastic plumbers tubing and grosgrain ribbon. This project shows the innovation and creativity used to create theatre costumes. The finished product gave the audience a look into the romantic period of 1850 and all it's "trappings".

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