Costume News Archive - 31-Jan-2007

  • THIS WEEK'S MODEL (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
    Artists Steve Hue, left, and Mary Lou Dobson, right, concentrate on model Marta Janczak of Englewood as she wears a traditional Polish costume for the weekly portrait painting studio at Englewood Art Center on Monday.


  • Ringside for wrestlin' (Telegraph)
    STERLING - Once a month, Dewey Drollinger sheds his day-to-day personality, and puts on the costume - torn shorts with Sponge-Bob square pants boxer shorts underneath - of his goofy alter ego "Dewey Booger Dawson" in hopes of one day making it to big time.


  • Missing costume almost spells disaster for Hughes (Deseret Morning News)
    Talk about a costume disaster.


  • "Mimzy" packs family-friendly whimsy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
    New Line Cinema honcho Robert Shaye makes a rare appearance in the director's chair (his first since 1990's "Book of Love") bringing the well-regarded short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" to the big screen as the family-friendly fantasy "The Last Mimzy."


  • Star Wars cloak in costume sale (BBC News)
    The cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness in Star Wars is to be auctioned as part of a costumes sale.


  • Polar Bear (donga.com)
    A member of environmental group Greenpeace, who is in a polar bear costume, is protesting in front of the Canadian parliament whose session is expected to focus on environmental issues. A polar bear getting a suntan is holding a picket saying ?What about Kyoto (Protocol)??


  • Simon Keenlyside/Julius Drake, Wigmore Hall, London (Independent)
    Simon Keenlyside is an uneasy recitalist. White tie and tails is probably his least favourite costume. Give him a character, give him the open stage, and he's happy. But place him in the well of the piano and suddenly he's the shy juvenile who's been told to stand still, but can't. In between the songs of this Wigmore Hall recital with pianist Julius Drake, he took fidgety walks across the ...


  • Jeannie still works its magic on audience through DVD (Houston Chronicle)
    After she was cast, Eden learned she was pregnant. Knowing she'd have to wear a belly-baring costume, she told the producer she couldn't do the show.


  • Senior allowed to use photo of self in costume with sword (The Providence Journal)
    PORTSMOUTH ? Portsmouth High School has agreed to publish a yearbook photo of a senior dressed in chain mail and brandishing a prop sword, under a court settlement announced yesterday by the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union.


  • Jablonex produces costume jewellery for Paris fashion houses (Prague Daily Monitor)
    Jablonec nad Nisou, Jan 29 (CTK) - Czech Jablonex Group produces costume jewellery for Paris fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton or Chanel, Jablonex spokesman Petr Vondrich told CTK today.


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    Costume News Archive - 31-Jan-2007