Sophisticated Ignorance Asylum

Evening Dress

c. 1890

House of Worth

black vampires + witches

akasha, queen of the damned (2002)

louis & claudia, interview with the vampire (2022-)

tara thorton, true blood (2008-2014)

blade, blade (1998)

marcel gerard, the originals (2013-2018)

sarah fox, my babysitter's a vampire (2011-2012)

alex & camryn, twitches (2005)

rochelle zimmerman, the craft (1996)

bonnie bennett, the vampire diaries (2009-2017)

vincent griffith, the originals (2013-2018)

marie laveau, american horror story (2011-)

Shirt stays: these go around your thighs to hold your shirt down, so that it stays smooth and tucked in. They're usually elastic, with 1-3 clips, and if you wear skirts frequently this is a GREAT way to make sure your top doesn't ride up. The clips will be visible if you're wearing something tight, so loose pants or skirts are where these do best. There's also an insane version that clips to your socks, but that is for lunatics. If you wanted, you could also use one of these clips to hold up thigh-highs.

These do a great job of smoothing and narrowing the waist area by keeping your shirt from bunching there.

Sleeve garters: usually metal, leather, elastic, or silk. These are usually worn with button-down shirts to adjust where your cuff falls on the wrist or hand. They're properly worn on the upper arm, and you pull the fabric of the sleeve above the garter until you cuff is where you want it. Because this creates a puff of sleeve at the bicep, it also broadens the appearance of the shoulders. It's great if you're working with your hands or if your sleeves are often too long for your preference.

Waistband clip or belt adjustment clip/buttons

Three different ways of tightening the waistband of a pair of pants or a skirt. You're not going to get more than an inch or so tighter without weird bunching, and for most of these you'd want them to be hidden under a shirt or jacket, but they do the job if that's something you're having issues with.

Collar pins: There are so many fun ones out there, both with and without chains. They're not terribly practical, though the slight weight may help keep your collar where you want it. Also consider collar tips, which pin (surprise) to the very tips of your collar points.

Sweater clips/guards: meant to hold your sweater or cardigan mostly closed. Great if your cardigan doesn't button, or if you don't like it to be buttoned all the way.

The blessed time of Cab Calloway of his orchestra and his extraordinary dancers.

I’m obsessed with several things every single time it comes up:

1) That poor saxophonist in the first row at the beginning. Clearly either his first day on the job or he’s temporarily filling in for someone else. Either way he clearly was not warned about the tap dancers doing jumps directly over his shoulders cause he ducks and flinches EVERY TIME while the rest of the orchestra basically ignores them because it’s a day ending in y

2) DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CORE AND THIGH STRENGTH IT TAKES TO  GET UP FROM A FULL SPLIT WITHOUT USING YOUR HANDS LET ALONE MULTIPLE TIMES AND FAST??? MY GOD THE NICHOLAS BROTHERS WERE PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY SHREDDED UNDER THOSE BAGGY TUXES

3) Okay yes the multiple split jumps down the stairs is fucking iconic but that doesn’t mean my eyes don’t fall out of my head every goddamn time. like... holy fucking shit

Hocus Pocus 2 | Teaser Trailer

Hocus Pocus 2 will stream on Disney+ on September 30, 2022.

Teaser poster

Synopsis

COSTUME DESIGN IN TV & FILM  — VILLAINS