Minha inscrição como Sith Lord no 501st Brasil!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Site 501st mundial
Minha inscrição como Sith Lord no site 501st mundial!
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Vídeo - Vira Cultura (Blades Palestra)
Ainda na Livraria Cultura, alguns vídeos na palestra de Star Wars.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
11 shirt - Paul Smith modifications pt1
Today I start work doing the modifications needed to make my Paul Smith PS shirt (see right) as screen accurate as possible.
I manages to get hold of one that fits – which is a bonus!
There are three modifications to make to get the shirt looking right:
Breast pocket – The Paul Smith shirt has a breast pocket, which is not present on the Matt Smith shirt.
Cuffs – The Matt Smith shirt has a couple of bold burgundy stripes around the cuffs, which are not on the Paul Smith shirt.
Button stand – The Paul Smith shirt has a flap, concealing the buttons from view when it is worn, but on the Matt Smith shirt they are clearly visible.I am working on the basis that no-one has a Paul Smith PS shirt for themselves, so I intend to go through these three modifications in as much detail as space permits, which may make them a little patronising. Sorry for this in advance, but I thought it worth covering it all.
The first modification I need to make is real simple: the Paul Smith PS shirt has a breast pocket, which is not present on the version Matt Smith wears.
I need to very carefully unpick the stitching around the pocket (see above) and remove it in one piece (see left).This gives me a nice fabric swatch sample to use. I have also retained the cotton I removed, as I will need to get a colour reference for sewing later.
While I am in an unpicking mode, I now prepare for the next modification, which is on the cuffs.
Curiously these are different from the Paul Smith PS shirt, in that they have two rings of burgundy stripes around them (see right, insert).
In fact, if you look very closely you may also be able to see that the wiggly line between the stripes does not seem to be as red as the rest of the shirt, instead looking quite dark, almost black.
Once I got my Paul Smith PS shirt, the mystery of the cuffs was solved.
The sleeves have a button on the outside of the upper arm (see left, left), and attached inside is a strap. This strap buttons around the sleeve, keeping them up like a short-sleeved shirt.The straps have burgundy stripes with dark blue wiggly lines between them – a perfect match to the cuffs! (see left, right)
So what I need to do now is very carefully remove the straps from insdie the sleeves (see below, top left & right); I then equally carefully unpick the straps themselves to find that they are folded twice over before being stitched (see below, bottom left), making for quite a wide piece of fabric (see below, bottom right)
Now that I have extracted the straps and opened them out flat, I can see the dark wiggly lines (as opposed to the burgundy colour of the rest of the shirt) and the stripes themselves (see below).
I need to press the fabric nice and flat and plan how I am going to attach them to the cuffs. Presenting the fabric to the cuffs I can immediately see some issues that need to be sorted out.
Firstly the fabric is not as long as the cuff, falling short by a good four inches. Luckily the fabric is wide enough to cut in half and join into a longer length.
Then, when it is attached, I need to be aware of the buttonholes on the cuffs and need to avoid covering them.
Once I have planned it out, I’ll be back to sew them in place.
Check back soon to follow how I get on.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
The Beginning Of Time
Today seemed like the best day to start this new blog – the first day we all saw Matt Smith in Doctor Who for the very first time.
I should quickly point out that this is actually a blog I had no intention of starting or writing! I didn’t feel there was much to contribute to the Eleventh Doctor Costume front, but a series of happenstance came together like a celestial alignment and for me the number of pieces that fell into place made what I am about to do become inevitable!
Blimey, that sounds ominous!
Anyway, as soon as the first image of Matt Smith in costume was revealed in BBC Breakfast on 20th July 2009 (see right), I quickly realized it was a costume that took very little to replicate. With it principally being made up of off-the-peg clothing, there were few bespoke, custom-made items to create.
However, no sooner had it appeared, then the chase was afoot to find exactly what those items actually were.
The online costuming forums, when they work, work well! So it wasn’t long before the key items of the costume were identified.
All of these items had been gleaned from the then current collections for those retailers, and it quickly became apparent that their time was rapidly passing and they were quickly becoming end-of-line items and hard to track down.
I’ll cover my obtaining of the boots and trousers in a future entry, but for now its the shirt that interests me.
The shirt was part of the Summer 09 Paul Smith PS collection (see left), and I managed to grab mine through a online site called John Anthony.
I usually take a L in shirts, so ordered that, only to get a phone call telling me they had sold out. They did, however, have the XL, so I switched to that instead.
Just as well, cos when it arrived it was a snug fit!
Once various people started getting their hands on the shirts, they soon spotted three minor subtle differences.
My opinion is that these modifications were made to differentiate the Matt Smith shirt from the Paul Smith original.
Well, now the Sonic Screwdriver has been handed over to Matt Smith, the Paul Smith shirts are impossible to find and are becoming as rare as hen’s teeth.
What I need to do now is perform the same modifications to my shirt, in the same way the costume department did to theirs.
Check back soon to see how I get on . . .
I should quickly point out that this is actually a blog I had no intention of starting or writing! I didn’t feel there was much to contribute to the Eleventh Doctor Costume front, but a series of happenstance came together like a celestial alignment and for me the number of pieces that fell into place made what I am about to do become inevitable!
Blimey, that sounds ominous!
Anyway, as soon as the first image of Matt Smith in costume was revealed in BBC Breakfast on 20th July 2009 (see right), I quickly realized it was a costume that took very little to replicate. With it principally being made up of off-the-peg clothing, there were few bespoke, custom-made items to create.However, no sooner had it appeared, then the chase was afoot to find exactly what those items actually were.
The online costuming forums, when they work, work well! So it wasn’t long before the key items of the costume were identified.
The boots – All Saints
The Shirt – Paul Smith PS
The Trousers – TopMan
I’ll cover my obtaining of the boots and trousers in a future entry, but for now its the shirt that interests me.The shirt was part of the Summer 09 Paul Smith PS collection (see left), and I managed to grab mine through a online site called John Anthony.
I usually take a L in shirts, so ordered that, only to get a phone call telling me they had sold out. They did, however, have the XL, so I switched to that instead.
Just as well, cos when it arrived it was a snug fit!
Once various people started getting their hands on the shirts, they soon spotted three minor subtle differences.
Breast pocket – The Paul Smith shirt has a breast pocket, which is not present on the Matt Smith shirt.
Cuffs – The Matt Smith shirt has a couple of bold burgundy stripes around the cuffs, which are not on the Paul Smith shirt.
Button stand – The Paul Smith shirt has a flap, concealing the buttons from view when it is worn, but on the Matt Smith shirt they are clearly visible.
Well, now the Sonic Screwdriver has been handed over to Matt Smith, the Paul Smith shirts are impossible to find and are becoming as rare as hen’s teeth.
What I need to do now is perform the same modifications to my shirt, in the same way the costume department did to theirs.
Check back soon to see how I get on . . .
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