Costuming Farinelli & The King

At the theater, ready to
take measurements!

Diving into research for clothing in the 18th century has been a blast! First off I have always loved the Baroque time period with the elaborate dresses and hairstyles. The French court had a strong influence on the fashion of the period and the styles were made to make the wealth differences between nobility and lower classes very obvious. For Farinelli & the King, the show is mainly set in the early 18th century with the ending set in 1757. With this time change there wasn't such a huge difference in men's fashions, but women's fashions were noticeably different, especially with panniers getting wider.

The show opens Thursday, October 3rd! I'll be posting more progress pieces as well as mood boards and sketches. I'm very thrilled to be able to have made a decent amount of costume pieces for this show.

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