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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #100 on: April 13, 2010, 05:50:52 PM »
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #101 on: April 13, 2010, 10:43:31 PM »
The pantiliner idea is pretty good.  Think we'll have to try that at our next gig
And I don't know if this has been said, but for the pieces of your outfit that don't have a lot of work on them, ie chaadre and salwars, can def get dry cleaned.  Its what I did with GMU's vardiya before Burgh
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #102 on: May 22, 2010, 04:39:42 PM »
def watch out for pantiliner idea for girls to avoid pitstains - i did raas at one point and one girl on our team put them in to avoid pitstains and one ended up falling out on stage... needless to say quite awkward when everyone saw a random liner lying on stage... if u put liners safety pin them to the suit on the inside bc sweat kills the adhesive... also drycleaning our girls vardiyan worked really well too - they looked clean and smelled FRESH :)

a few tips for girls:
- if ur suits have zippers in the back - put a safety pin at the top under the zipper to prevent the zipper from sliding down.

- wear a tanktop underneath your suit - just in case your kurta goes up a little during a jump - u can also pin your suit down in the front (if you do this make sure to use small pins to pin the kurta to the inner gathers of the salwar and do a baitka to make sure u havent constricted urself and when you get up make sure ur kurta still looks normal and not bunched up). 

- girls with silky hair put hairspray in your hair bc even when you cross the bobby pins - sometimes the chunni slips - as a precaution on our team this year we put a small safety pin at the top of each girls head in the worst case scenario that the bobby pins fail lol

- if your suit is too big for you - pin it in the back and pin the suit at the shoulder to your bra/tanktop straps
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #103 on: May 23, 2010, 08:21:05 PM »
Quote from: Kamal [GW] on July 12, 2008, 03:32:07 PM
we didnt do parandhi's this past year because none of our girls knew how to braid them in and we tried the whole fake hair thing for girls with short hair and it just didnt work out so great...


Our last performance we had to wear parandhi's since there was a part in our dance where we had to spin them, and although one of the girls had shoulder length hair with lots of layers we couldn't quite get the parandhi to stay in her hair so she did a bun and just pinned the parandhi underneath her chunni, to the side .. you could never tell it wasn't attached! :) so you girls can always just pin them if you wanted to wear them
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #104 on: May 23, 2010, 08:31:26 PM »
Quote from: Somia on July 12, 2008, 09:03:24 PM
a question for the girls

make-up; do you have it the same? how "bright/standing out" is the eyeshadow? does everyone do their own or one person?
does it even make a difference if it is on or not?


I know it seems like no one will be able to see your make-up from stage, but honestly make-up makes a difference.. although you might not be able to see details it highlights features. Like a few of the other posts said, it obviously looks good for pictures and videos that may be up close, or closer than the crowd anyways .. also if you go on stage without make up you're gonna look really pale with all those lights on you! People are seeing you from far away so you want to look as visible as possible ..your lips always need colour, or else you look expression less from a distance. I dance ballet and hiphop and we go as far as red lipstick, but with bright coloured suits in bhangra that could look silly so just do a nice coloured gloss, fake lashes if possible, definitely foundation and blush! shimmer always looks nice with lighting .. and if your doing bronzer do it on your whole face, not just cheekbones or you will look hollowed out!
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #105 on: May 23, 2010, 10:25:16 PM »
Quote from: Neha on May 22, 2010, 04:39:42 PM
def watch out for pantiliner idea for girls to avoid pitstains - i did raas at one point and one girl on our team put them in to avoid pitstains and one ended up falling out on stage... needless to say quite awkward when everyone saw a random liner lying on stage...

HAHAHAH That's hilarious (and really really awkward at the same time!

Quote from: Kirn; on May 23, 2010, 08:31:26 PM
I dance ballet and hiphop 

+1 to more ballet/hiphop dancers in the circuit!
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #106 on: May 24, 2010, 12:17:11 AM »
Ok this thing is about 6 pages so because I don't wanna go through ALL the pages

DOES ANYONE HAVE TIPS FOR PINNING SALWARS?? The part around our ankles is already closed up really well but there is just SOOO much fabric. Does anyone know how you can in your salwar really well so that when you do your batkas or anything else you dont get your feet caught?? plz and thank u :)
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #107 on: May 24, 2010, 01:21:30 AM »
we safety pin the part around our ankles by folding the extra cloth over and then pinning it - works really well. ive heard some people use rubber bands? but i dont mess with that bc i dont want my circulation getting cut off but it def works for some people.
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #108 on: May 24, 2010, 01:39:13 AM »
Quote from: Neha on May 24, 2010, 01:21:30 AM
we safety pin the part around our ankles by folding the extra cloth over and then pinning it - works really well. ive heard some people use rubber bands? but i dont mess with that bc i dont want my circulation getting cut off but it def works for some people.

Yeah we do that too. I never heard of rubber bands though! lol
We had them made so the ankle part is tight but the extra capra in the back near our knees gets caught in our heels.
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #109 on: May 24, 2010, 02:19:39 AM »
Quote from: kinnell on May 23, 2010, 10:25:16 PM
Quote from: Kirn; on May 23, 2010, 08:31:26 PM
I dance ballet and hiphop 

+1 to more ballet/hiphop dancers in the circuit!

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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #110 on: May 24, 2010, 09:33:07 AM »
Quote from: sgrewal30 on May 24, 2010, 12:17:11 AM
Ok this thing is about 6 pages so because I don't wanna go through ALL the pages

DOES ANYONE HAVE TIPS FOR PINNING SALWARS?? The part around our ankles is already closed up really well but there is just SOOO much fabric. Does anyone know how you can in your salwar really well so that when you do your batkas or anything else you dont get your feet caught?? plz and thank u :)


So our salwars came out way too baggy when we got them from the tailor in India. So instead of getting them re-tailored we turned them inside out and temporarily safety pinned the folds to make them less baggy. As long as you follow the same line it does wonders.
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #111 on: May 24, 2010, 12:18:11 PM »
Quote from: dheerja on May 24, 2010, 09:33:07 AM
Quote from: sgrewal30 on May 24, 2010, 12:17:11 AM
Ok this thing is about 6 pages so because I don't wanna go through ALL the pages

DOES ANYONE HAVE TIPS FOR PINNING SALWARS?? The part around our ankles is already closed up really well but there is just SOOO much fabric. Does anyone know how you can in your salwar really well so that when you do your batkas or anything else you dont get your feet caught?? plz and thank u :)


So our salwars came out way too baggy when we got them from the tailor in India. So instead of getting them re-tailored we turned them inside out and temporarily safety pinned the folds to make them less baggy. As long as you follow the same line it does wonders.


thank youuu! :) I'll try it
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Re: Costume Tips & Tricks
« Reply #112 on: June 14, 2010, 05:21:41 PM »
Ok dont laugh, but i kept a tikka on with eyelash glue hahahah (this is what a make up artist does when she gotta improvise lol) and even saw the piece to the actual chunni.  we were out of pins cos of the chunnis but... it worked for the performance at least. Im just not sure if its gonna be a cheap option cos eyelash glue it kind of costly.

a thing Ive done for weddings and all, I make a little puff on top of head and behind it a tight french braid, then clip the tikka (you only need a clip or two cos it attached to the braid) and then hide with the hair piece at front. Then put chunni normally...

About long skirts for girls i ironed the piece i wanted to take out and saw it. It looked kind of fluffy at the bottom, but we didnt have time to fix it. you can also roll it at the top and pin, i did this with a flamenco skirt hahaha and it was fine cos it was hidden by some hip scarf, but yah if your kutas are long enough and baggy enough...why not?

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