Hands of Hollywood (1929)

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Chapter VI WARDROBE Some studios maintain very large wardrobe departments, while others rent most of their costumes from costume houses. The wardrobe department employs designers, fitters, dressmakers, and a wardrobe mistress. Qualifications and Salaries The Designer is given an outline of the story and a description of the screen character of the actress for whom a gown is to be de' signed. Frequently the designer consults the star, the director and the cameraman, because these gowns must be not only beautiful but ap' propriate as well. In fact, half of the characterisation often depends upon the picturesque and symbolic qualities of an actress's gown. After the gowns have been used in the picture for which they were designed, they are placed in the stock of the general wardrobe for the use of extras or atmosphere players in subsequent pictures. The designer also designs gowns for lesser picture characters, when the picture calls for special and unique costumes. The qualifications are: originality and artistic skill in designing gowns; knowledge of photographic requirements; ability to transform the character suggestions into silk and satin significance. The salary ranges from $100.00 to $200.00 per week. (There are some famous men designers, mostly foreigners, who design gowns for the studios, and they are paid extravagant sums for their work.) The Wardrobe Mistress is in charge of the general wardrobe. She takes care of all the stock costumes and, when extras are sent to her to be dressed, she chooses their costumes and makes any necessary repairs. She also keeps the costumes in good condition and sends them to be cleaned when they are soiled. The qualifications are: ability to choose costumes to suit the types of the various extras; knowledge of the kind of costumes appropriate [70]