I was thinking recently that though we are all clamoring for prototypes of Oracle's costumes, to match the vision with the reality, bands that are more "artistic" than the regular bikini and beads might find it wise not to reveal entire costume.
See, when constructing bikini mas with beads, feathers and sequins bought wholesale which is then hot glued to a bathing suit it is easy to replicate the prototype displayed at the band launch. Many of these costumes are even produced outside of Trinidad and Tobago in countries like India and China. But when one has to create each piece of a costume by hand, there must be room for artistic license, think of it as each costume being an exclusive piece of art with the designer tweaking the final product to create an exact vision which might differ slightly from the original product.
Neither Brian Mc Farlane nor Peter Minshall is big on revealing costume prototypes either, so just some food for thought this morning.
See, when constructing bikini mas with beads, feathers and sequins bought wholesale which is then hot glued to a bathing suit it is easy to replicate the prototype displayed at the band launch. Many of these costumes are even produced outside of Trinidad and Tobago in countries like India and China. But when one has to create each piece of a costume by hand, there must be room for artistic license, think of it as each costume being an exclusive piece of art with the designer tweaking the final product to create an exact vision which might differ slightly from the original product.
Neither Brian Mc Farlane nor Peter Minshall is big on revealing costume prototypes either, so just some food for thought this morning.
ORACLE SECTION III
3 comments:
The difference is they are established mas makers. As a new band people have no history to trust or a friend's previous experience to go off of.
thus the reason we are showing pieces of costumes,it does damage us to have our entire costume out in the public, we are actually competing to try and place and when the competition can see your entire costume two months before the day, there is a lot of time to make up, but it is a catch 22, ah well, who is to say?
yes it is a catch 22 just as it is when some bands launch first giving the competiton enough time to re-do and revamp and upgrade their costumes!
And socaholic Mc Farlane and Minsh were newbies too :)
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