Michele L. Dormaier |
Michele L. Dormaier is the resident Costume Designer for the School of Theatre at Louisiana Tech University. Besides designing costumes, she continues to add to her skills in construction, costume technology, and couture sewing.
She has designed costumes for theatre, dance, children’s theatre, ballet, and ballroom. Michele’s interests in costume research have been presentations at national conferences, and papers on “The Evolution of Costume in Ballet”, “The Influence of the East on Western Ballet Costume in the Early Twentieth Century”, “The History of Mardi Gras Royalty Costumes of the LGBTQ+ Community in New Orleans”, The Martha Washington Society, Early 20th Century Women Dressmakers of the Prairie, and more. Additionally, she has taught dance and choreographed, and is an avid ballroom and swing dancer. |
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This project is the process photos of the work-in-progress and completed costume of a period petticoat build from the Directoire period The petticoat is part of the design for an original production of “River Pirates and the Treasure at Point Coupee” by Dr. Jeremy Reynolds. The play is set in 1806, and much of the action takes place in and around the Mississippi River in Louisiana, New Orleans, and the Caribbean. This petticoat is part of a costume for a young women of middle to upper class status, she is the daughter of a clergyman, and the love interest of the main character. The photos show the details of the work, the stitching, and the completed petticoat on a mannequin. The costume was built out of period appropriate 100% cotton muslin, using a historically accurate petticoat pattern of the era.
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