The Antlerette Volume 96 Issue 3

The Antlerette Volume 96

November 2021

Issue 3

A Seat at the Table

Diana Cruz, Staff

A Seat at the Table is basically your home away from home. It is a café and bookstore where you can find a play area for your kids-or a peaceful room where those who are neurodivergent or nursing people can visit and feel safe. Their coffee will definitely be a must try and will provide you with various food choices. If your plan is to go and get a coffee with a different book everyday there is no problem there since they are always stocked with new books.

Everyone is welcomed to A Seat at the Table, the owner and manager are focusing on people who haven’t in the past or present felt loved, heard, or accepted. These people include BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodiverse, or immigrants to just name a few.``The vibe at the store is very welcoming! As our store name implies, our goal is to provide a seat at the table for each individual regardless of identity, background, or life experience.” said Andrew, the manager of A Seat at the Table.

A Seat at the Table is both a place where you can both sit and study and hangout with friends and family. A Seat at the Table’s purpose is to make everyone come together as a community and have a mouthwatering cup of coffee or discover a

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new book. A Seat at the Table offers a full espresso menu and, as mentioned before, baked goods from Elk Grove’s local bakery, Kalani Kakes. Also offering free wifi as another extra feeling of welcomeness and community. A Seat at the Table is a place where you can feel comfortable to be yourself.

Their aim is to have a place where all individuals are respected and all cultures are celebrated. For everyone to have a location where someone can go and not feel judged or “different” but founded and wanted. The grand opening will be on Saturday, December 11th from 10:00am to 6:00pm. There will be musicians, performers, authors, and speakers awaiting.

A Seat at the Table has been thought through and been in development since 2019. It just started as a bookstore then it built it’s way up it became a bigger dream. With bigger dreams come bigger obstacles, “Opening a business is extremely hard,” said Emily, the owner of A Seat at the Table. “Opening a business with multiple lines (books, café, events), during a pandemic, with a young family, and without specific experience in running those businesses or getting through commercial construction in one piece. That is nearly impossible.

It’s been worthwhile because we believe so strongly in our mission and the power of this business to make it real…I love Elk Grove and plan to live here for the rest of my life,” she states. Anyone in Elk Grove who has an appreciation for literature, coffee, or small cafes should take the time to visit A Seat at the Table.

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Nightmare Before Christmas Klaus Curtis, Staff

The Nightmare Before Christmas, a childhood classic, is one movie that everyone watches at least once. But do you watch it during October or December? This is one thing that no one can seem to agree on and the more you look into it, the more the conversation escalates.

The more popular opinion is that it is a Halloween movie, due to the dark nature and theme of the movie. At first glance this may seem like the only ‘right’ answer, yet the entire movie revolves around Christmas. The movie is about Halloween trying to become more like Christmas. So would that not consider it to be a Christmas movie?

Only 7 out of 20 songs in the movie are in or about Halloween Town. The rest of the soundtrack is songs about people and Christmas. The most common counter argument to saying it is a Christmas movie is that it has too dark of a nature and not lighthearted enough for Christmas. But may I remind you of Die Hard and The Lodge, some horror Christmas movies. Just because a movie has a darker tone doesn’t mean that the movie fits with a specific holiday. All holidays have different types of genres and themes to the movies centered around them.

So that brings us back to the original question, should you watch The Nightmare Before Christmas during October or December? In my personal opinion, The Nightmare Before Christmas is more of a Halloween movie. It is closer to the theme people enjoy during Halloween season. Although at many points in the movie it centers around Christmas, it has more of a horror/mystery genre and that tends to

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be more enjoyable around Halloween time.

But I’m not here to tell you when to watch a movie; you can watch it whenever you please. Even during April if you felt like it. It may be fun to debate about this with your friends, but remember in the end, it is just a movie.

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The Astroworld Disaster

Maiya Lopez, Copy Editor

On November 5th, 2021 in Houston, Texas, American rapper and singer Travis Scott held his Astroworld music festival, with roughly 50,000 attendees. The concert was completely sold out, excitement and anticipation filled the crowd. As a countdown began for the performers to come out, the venue got more and more packed. It was around 9:00 PM when the chaos really began. When Scott arrived onstage and began performing, the crowd violently surged to the stage. The people already in front got brutally compressed against the stage, and were unable to escape, and it only got worse from there.

Fans were being shoved, pushed and squeezed in every way possible. Most could barely even breathe, and began to pass out. When the audience was aware of how bad it was getting, even if they wanted to leave, they physically couldn’t; it was near impossible. The barricades near the stage meant to divide the different groups of certain ticket holders stopped people from escaping--one attendee comparing it to a closet and that it was “just way too small and compact”. Even though the venue met inspectors’ criteria for safe exit and entry, and supposedly “safety precautions were taken”, it was still a disaster.

There is a video circulating the internet of an Astroworld Festival attendant yelling to the staff that “there's people dying” and begging with the workers to stop the show. The crowd even eventually started chanting “stop the show” to Scott himself, who did not understand and reacted negatively. It appeared some fans did not completely understand what was going on, as they were blocking ambulances and getting on top of security vehicles. People were crying, screaming, passing out

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and bleeding. In the end, 25 concertgoers ended up being hospitalized, and so far 10 victims have sadly passed away from their injuries, and some even died at the site of the concert, the youngest being 14.

Travis Scott released a statement saying he and his team are working with Houston PD, and how devastated he is. Authorities are looking into everything they can to find out what exactly happened.

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Racial Stereotyping in Hollywood Trisha Tran, Staff

When the word “Hollywood” is mentioned, many people may immediately think of the glitz and glam of an actor’s life or it being the birthplace of iconic films.

However, people have started exposing the ugly side of Hollywood. Under the name of diversity, more filmmakers have included people of color in their projects, but usually not in the correct way.

Through racial stereotyping in auditions, actors and actresses of color have been subjected to doing accents and characterizations that have no significance to the plots. The continued stereotyping often leads to mockery, demeanment, and limitations of certain racial groups. With the widespread nature of media and film, this can lead to a dangerous end result.

Racial stereotyping is defined as having an exaggerated or altered image of a particular race in mind. Many famous movies in the past have included corny depictions of minorities, like Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The 1961 film includes a character named Mr. Yunioshi, who is a mocking caricature of Japanese people.

Mr. Yunioshi had an insulting accent and was also played by Mickey Rooney, a white male actor.

Numerous actors have had personal experiences with stereotyping in auditions.

Serving as a notable example, Justin Chon, a Korean American actor, wrote an editorial on NBC News, called “I Walked Out on Racist Audition”. He detailed his own personal experience of driving far to an audition that was full of other Asian American actors. Chon detailed how he frustratingly walked out of the audition after hearing that the casters required the eager actors to use an Asian accent

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with the lines given, although the accent served no purpose to the actual film. The Twilight actor notes that he was only able to walk out of the audition because he was financially stable. Chon recognizes that his younger, struggling self probably would have set aside his own morals for the job.

Similarly, many other actors and actresses of color understand that if they reject the job, there will be another desperate person who is willing to do the job. As acting roles in Hollywood are considered a scarcity compared to the number of aspiring talents, competition among actors and actresses of color has been created for the wrong reasons. Therefore, the problem has no easy fix and can’t be resolved with band-aid solutions, like all actors just rejecting all racist roles completely.

Other actors and actresses feel tied down to certain roles because of their race. In 2017, Kal Penn, a Gujarati Indian actor, released his old scripts on Twitter that contained heavy racial stereotypes. The scripts called for characters, such as Snake Charmers, Fire Eaters, and Gandhi lookalikes, all of these being clichés for Indian people. He shows the need for change as racial stereotyping has been around for too long.

A well known actress, Zoe Kravitz, has also been very vocal about her struggles with being a black woman. In an interview with ET Canada in 2018, she states, “ I, as a black woman with braids and tattoos, shouldn’t only be able to play a hippie; I should also be able to play a lawyer or doctor or comedian or whatever it is!”

Kravitz urged Hollywood to keep up with the times and understand that people of color are not limited to any preconceived images in the media.

Although people can't change the system that has been around for decades immediately, people of color have other options to combat the endless loops of racial stereotyping. Many filmmakers and actors, such as Chon, are at the forefront of a new tactic of creation. By creating their own films and videos with the correct stories of people of color and characterizations, they are able to set the

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new standard for entertainment. Now more than ever, it is easier to publish short films and vlogs to a greater audience. So how can the regular person contribute to changing Hollywood into an industry where true diversity is welcomed? Start by supporting minority filmmakers and normalizing correct representation.

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Why Gender Norms are Harmful Cameron Cain, Staff

In today’s day and age there’s a tendency to let gender norms dictate our lives.

Society has a certain expectation for women and men and though not everyone fits into the boxes society has given us, gender norms are still rooted deep in our societal expectations. However, because not everyone fits into these boxes of how women and men are expected to act, gender norms can be extremely harmful. Especially for those who are gay and trans, who often exist outside of society’s idea of normal.

But what exactly are gender norms? An article by Save the Children describes gender norms as “social principles that govern the behavior of girls, boys, women, and men in society and restrict their gender identity into what is considered to be appropriate.” Gender norms are constantly changing but the basis stays the same; women or femininity is connected to weakness or sensitivity and men or masculinity is connected to being strong. Women are expected to be quiet, reserved, polite, and emotional. They are seen as weak and as if they need a man in order to get anywhere. Men, on the other hand, are expected to be strong, hard-working, protective, and exempt from emotions.

This base is inherently incorrect and doesn’t reflect the real world as women can be strong and men can be emotional or weak. This societal “rule” leads women to not be able to express their masculinity without being seen as bossy or rude and men can’t express femininity without be shunned and called gay. Today, society is more open to the idea of masculine women, but feminine men are still often shunned.

Another article by Joy Nash says “gender roles are social constructs developed over time and are not based on natural human behavior.”, later strengthening

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this argument by adding, “Sex is anatomical, while gender is social and psychological. Therefore, gender should not be confined to the sex of an individual, because gender is not actually a biological occurrence.” This assumption that women naturally act one way and men another cannot be farther than the truth. Women and men are conditioned to act that way by the influences in their life; they act that way to survive in society. Women, especially, have to be careful how they act around men in order not to get harassed, though it doesn’t always work. Joy Nash goes on to say “These stereotypes can be harmful because they motivate people to condemn and oppress those who do not fit the traditional gender roles.”

Joy Nash continues to state other good arguments against gender norms, challenging the argument that gender norms are integral to society by saying, “Since these typecasts based on sex are different depending on where and when they are used, they clearly hold no real significance to human society as a whole in this modern age; they were made up and therefore can change. As a result, they should not be used as a guideline as to how people of a certain sex should behave, because they are not reliable nor constant.” Gender norms aren’t integral to society in any way, all they do is hold the deep rooted sexism, homophobia, and transphobia in the system in place. The author goes even further to describe the harm gender norms have, “the gender identity of a child is a form of expression, differs based on their preferences, and should not be forcefully influenced because it can negatively affect a child later in their psychological, emotional, and social development.”

Gender norms are still a huge aspect of societal expectations today and negatively affect how we view other people, whether it's by underestimating women or not letting men experience their emotions without guilt. They are not essential to society and just further the divide between men and women as well as disadvantage women, which doesn’t even bring into account how it affects trans and nonbinary individuals. The deconstruction of gender roles could greatly and positively impact the fight for gender equality and trans rights.

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Flanderization in TV

Benjamin Carrillo, Editor in Chief

Popular Simpsons character Ned Flanders was a truly comedic gem in earlier seasons of the show, with the religious aspect of him being only one of many overbearing traits that truly made him a Simpsons character. In the newer seasons the only aspect of the character that remains apparent is the faith that Flanders follows, being Christianity. This phenomenon of a character only adopting one of many character defining traits is not only an example of bad writing, but an example of a wider world phenomenon known as “Flanderization”.

For starters, the main form of Flanderization in recent years has been through making an already unintelligent character progressively dumber. The Office, despite its sitcom glory and ability to produce genuine comedy for 9 seasons, does not protect it from the plague that is modern Flanderization. While the series as a whole took a tumble for the worse after the central protagonist Michael Scott left the series, the character of Kevin really got the brunt end of it, becoming a caricature of stupidity when the character originally started as much more. The writing of the office was never the top tier amazing writing that some believe it was, but there was a lot of charm on the writing team and the staff seemed to appreciate the characters they were writing for. When Michael Scott left the show, Kevin’s lack of intelligence went from endearing to downright infantile. Kevin’s intelligence was brought so down that the co-workers around him were teaching him how to do basic arithmetic, despite the fact that Kevin’s character was an established and accomplished accountant of over 10 years.

Stupidity being abundant in a character in the later seasons of a show isn’t completely bound to the more adult setting of a show like The Office; the character Cat Valentine of the show Victorious was flanderized greatly in their

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small run as a character. Victorious and it’s spin-off Sam & Cat had 5 seasons total of the beloved character Cat Valentine being a central focus of everything.

Much like the character of Kevin, Cat Valentine started out as a lovable carefree character who would say questionable things and do actions that raised a few eyebrows; the later seasons of Victorious and the one season of Sam & Cat saw the stupidity of Cat Valentine reach boundless levels, and overshadow the other traits of questionability and lovability that she once possessed. Cat Valentine’s character completely changed and turned into something that was not what we once respected or the Cat Valentine the fans once knew and loved.

Characters aren’t only just brought down to a trait of ignorance like the two mentioned previously. The character of Rachel Berry from the controversial favorite satirical musical dramedy Glee went from a character with endless ambition and a certain amount of annoyance and charm. After the graduation of Rachel in season 4 and a shift in the backstage cast and crew, the lovable underdog diva went from someone everyone found themselves hating and loving at the same time to just an annoying character with 0 redeeming qualities. Suddenly the satire in Rachel’s antics vanished. And the show attempted to justify the annoying things she did, and deleted the charm in Rachel’s character entirely. There was a complete change in what Rachel’s character meant to the show.

How do we counteract the plague of flanderization in our favorite shows though? There’s plenty of shows that have gone on for an extended period of time that don't suffer from the same plague of Flanderization in the same way.

An example of some excellent shows that don’t flanderize the characters would be Bojack Horseman and Parks and Recreation; both shows have the characters grow, expand, and learn as people, which does the character justice for its favorite character, also adding a level of expertise on the writer’s behalf, showing that they understand the characters on a deeper level that can show them over an extended period of time.

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Flanderization in TV needs to stop being promoted, and we need to accomplish and recognize good media when it’s in front of us so writers will continue to follow through with it.

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Unnecessary Sexualization in Women’s Clothes Sydney Wesselink, Staff

Remember when you were at the age where you transitioned from shopping in the little girls section and wanted to start shopping in the teens/juniors? It went from tank tops and t-shirts to cropped, low neck shirts. Bathing suits went from shirts and shorts or one pieces to skimpy tops and bottoms. It’s understandable that there are plenty of girls who like to dress in that clothing, however there’s plenty that don’t. Whether girls like that style or not, isn't it still inappropriate?

There have always been dress codes, but it didn’t matter at a younger age since the stores didn’t really sell anything violating it. If our dress code was strictly enforced, what would we have to wear? There aren't any stores that sell a wide variety of clothing. We would only have a small selection of clothing to choose from and there are so many different tastes in fashion. We would probably be wearing the same 4 shirts over and over again.

In July, Norway’s handball team was fined $1,764 for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms. On the CBC news website, they tell us that beach handball rules require women to wear tops and bikini bottoms while men get to wear tank tops and shorts. The uniform regulations say, “‘Female athletes must wear bikini bottoms … with a close fit and cut on an upward angle toward the top of the leg, and ‘athletes’ uniforms and accessories contribute to helping athletes increase their performance as well as remain coherent with the sportive and attractive image of the sport.” This tells us that because of our gender, we are expected to show ourselves in an inappropriate manner, and for this sport it must be done for an “attractive image of the sport.”

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Personally, the cut of clothing has always hindered my shopping abilities and made it harder to shop for me. Everything is always cropped, shorts are too small; however, my biggest problem is the swim suits.

Stores mainly sell bikini bottoms, and teens are expected to wear them and expose themselves in inappropriate clothing in public. I’m not saying that it’s completely impossible to find something to wear. It’s simply just very difficult and frustrating to me after seeing what is being sold, and what’s expected of me to wear. Females shouldn’t be seen this way; it is wrong in every way.

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Why Did they Make a Live Action Mulan?

Ryan O’Sullivan, Content Editor

We all remember the magic of Disney movies from our early years. Disney has always served as the primary source of entertainment for younger American children. One of my favorite Disney movies growing up was Mulan (1998). It was the perfect Disney movie in my eyes. It depicted a strong, yet not indestructible female protagonist, excellent side characters such as Mushu who was famously voiced by Eddie Murphy, and exceptional animation at the time. In my opinion, Mulan 1998 was the closest Disney has ever gotten to cinematic perfection.

Looking back on the fond memories I have of my early years watching Mulan and enjoying it so much, I am deeply saddened that they felt they had to make a live action remake. Not only am I saddened by the mere existence of this movie in general, I am saddened by the circumstances in which the movie was filmed.

My first not so serious problem with the film is that it does not feature the famous character of Mushu. Mushu, who was used mostly for comic relief and protagonist support in the first movie, is not featured in the live action remake.

Right off the bat, I was discouraged to even watch the movie knowing beforehand it would not feature one of my favorite Disney characters of all time.

Mulan in the 1998 movie was not the strongest until she got assistance from her friends such as Mushu. Not only does Mushu contribute so heavily to Mulan’s character development in the first film, but he is able to stand alone as a lovable and entertaining character.

We are able to witness the vulnerability of Mulan instead of this superhuman “chi” wielding protagonist we were given in 2021. There are scenes in the new

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movie such as Mulan’s bicycle kick of a fired arrow, when I wonder where the mouse went wrong. This movie perfectly demonstrates how inept Disney is at trying to write a female lead. It is in movies such as The Force Awakens, when Disney proves just how incompetent they are at realistic character development, not just by female leads, but in general. The main character of the Force Awakens, Rey, is able to battle at a high level with very little to no prior lightsaber training. Older audiences are left to question if Rey is really human, or if she is a robot that can somehow download the skill of a trained lightsaber fighter in mere seconds. And no Disney, we are not going to let you girl power your way out of this one.

Mulan in 1998 was a character that anyone could look up to because of her relentless bravery and battle against the odds. The writing for Mulan in the live action remake just feels lazy and strewn together, especially without the support of such a strong supporting cast with characters such as Mushu. In the 1998 remake we are allowed to examine the internal battle Mulan has with herself thanks to scenes such as the one in which she is singing to Christina Aguilera’s “Reflection” while examining herself in the reflection of a pond. Any such scene in the 2020 live action remake just feels so devoid of any human emotion at all. The inevitable consequence of the poor cinematic choices Disney had made in the Live Action Remake is a main character who feels plastic, and fake.

The real issue I have with this movie is a much more serious and disgusting example of the corporate hivemind we have seen Disney display time and time again. This action was the choice to film certain scenes from the remake in the Xinjiang province near Uighur. Without knowing the backstory, you would just think that this is some random place Disney used in China to film a movie.

However, Uighur is home to Muslim internment camps. So while these actors were being paid millions of dollars to film a movie for producers who live in massive beachside houses, not 20 miles away was a Muslim interment camp,

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home to religious prisoners, forced into starvation and torment because they happen to believe in the wrong religion in the eyes of the oppresive Chinese Communist Party.

Disney’s President of Film Production, Sean Bailey, defended the choice to film on the site because scenes filmed in that area only made up about 78 seconds of the film. Not only did the President of Film Production blatantly disregard the main social issue at hand, he did not even issue an apology or statement of remorse for the families of the victims affected by the vile actions taken in the internment camp. In his eyes, the issue is completely irrelevant due to the run time of the movie. God forbid a high-ranking Disney official actually called out China and demanded they be accountable for their wretched actions against humanity. But of course, the priorities of budget and profit margin far exceed the priority of preventing the use of any area that may be under the influence of a human rights violation. The reality is that Disney does not want to offend China in fear of a monetary loss. I am upset that the people behind the characters that many little kids look or looked up to are so evil and cowardice.

The Mulan remake of 2020 is not only an awful movie at face value, it is a movie with such a gross backstory it should not be available for viewership.

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Costume Changes in Cinderella Alyson Coles, Staff

In Disney’s 1950 movie Cinderella, the iconic bippity boppity boo scene where Cinderella’s peasant dress is magically transformed into a ball gown was pretty straightforward to achieve. The whole movie is animated, so they just animated her in a different dress. When Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote their own version of Cinderella, it seemed perfect for the stage, except for one hiccup. In a live performance of Cinderella, there would have to be a magic dress transformation in real time, right in front of the audience. How could they do it?

There are a lot of things to consider when faced with an onstage costume change, especially in this case, where there are no other actors who can slyly help with the change, and the transformation has to be quick and beautiful. Cinderella can’t just bring another dress on stage and change into it like normal. It’s also best not to leave any costume pieces on the stage, since someone would later have to run on and pick them up, which can look really sloppy to the audience.

So, Cinderella has to come on stage wearing both dresses, with only the peasant dress showing, then reveal the ball gown underneath while keeping the peasant dress on her person. This is an ambitious order.

There are a few ways this has been done over the years in various productions.

The transformation dress itself is always a completely different dress from the peasant dress worn in other scenes, and is just made to look the same. In one method, Cinderella wears a peasant skirt with the ball gown layered on top of it.

Stage hands fold the skirt of the ball gown up to her chest, and then a peasant blouse is layered on top, which covers the gown and holds it in place. It is attached at the bottom to the peasant skirt usually by snaps or clips. The peasant

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blouse is modified beforehand so that the front and back sections are attached with velcro or snaps rather than being sewn together. When it is time for Cinderella to transform into her ball gown, she twirls, pulls on the front of the peasant blouse until the velcro or snaps break, lets go, and lets the blouse fall underneath the skirt of the ball gown, which is pulled down by the centrifugal force of her spinning as well as weights sewn into the hem of the skirt. You’re left with the ball gown on top, and the peasant dress not visible underneath her skirt. The next time she goes off stage, the peasant skirt and blouse are taken off and replaced with a petticoat, completing the look. Sometimes a similar method is used, but with the skirt of the ball gown folded into a sort of peplum skirt that looks like her apron in other scenes. It’s the same transformation process on stage.

The most complicated and interesting method involves the same folding of the gown’s skirt up, but with the peasant blouse being sewn together with a fishing line. At the bottom of the blouse, some of the fishing line pokes through and a small handle is tied on to it. When it’s time for the transformation, the actress pulls on the handles, which releases the fishing line, and the blouse falls to reveal the gown underneath. Before every show, the blouse has to be sewn back together by one of the costume designers. This method is great because it is unlikely for the blouse to fall apart during the scene before the transformation, in which Cinderella does have to move around a fair amount.

Making these costumes is a process of trial and error. Sometimes the gown’s skirt will make it look too bulky, sometimes the blouse will be too long and show underneath the skirt, sometimes the velcro hooks on the peasant blouse stick to the skirt of the gown. And this is just one dress for one scene in the show! Most of the time, the costume designers working on this dress also have to dress all of the other characters, including the ensemble, which, depending on the production, can be pretty large. Every member of the cast and crew puts in weeks worth of work to make a show like this look effortless to the audience.

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The Fitting of Jeans

Greg Santos, Design Editor

“Why can’t demin ever fit me the way I want?” I think to myself, nearly every time I go to Arden or Roseville. We’ve all been there: you show up at a mall looking to purchase a new pair of jeans. You try on multiple, but get frustrated because they’re either too loose or too tight. They can’t just never seem to fit the way they want. You finally find denim that fits you comfortably and the way you want, then you look at the price tag: $75+. There’s a valid reason behind this frustration, as the higher quality of fabric and construction are the main components that determine the price of jeans and how they fit your own unique body type.

Cheaper jeans do not run through any specific wash processes or steps. These companies only rinse and/or bleach their products, causing flaws in early use for the customer. A more prestigious denim company will undergo a much more special wash and multiple manufacturing steps that require an entire team, equipment, and chemicals to create. The extra time and precision for the fundamental beginnings of the jean cause the production cost to increase significantly.

The heavier and wider the fabric is, the greater the price is. For the first few years of jeans, blue denim was made 100% of cotton fibers. In the last decade or two, a mixture of fibers has been made to make a more comfortable garment on human skin. The average weight of woven fabrics for the normal jean is between 10-24 ounces, as the more expensive materials can reach north of 25 ounces. Narrower widths also utilize more material, as you can discover a thread interwoven on the hem, adding special touches to the garment. These varieties of widths and garments result in an increase of cost value as well.

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Another feature that impacts the value of a pair of jeans is the direction of the twill, or a fundamental textile weave, in the weaving process. You can recognize the different directions on the face of the fabric. The left-hand twill goes from the upper right to the lower left, while the right-hand twill does the opposite.

Left-hand twills are well known for their durable and tight finished products, while right-hand twills are more stretchy and baggy. After multiple uses and washes, the fabric of the right-hand twill contains a more comfortable garment that directly correlates to your own body shape, but it is incapable of recovering to the original shape or the garment. The left-twill automatically locks in the original weave, creating a north to south natural weave within the yarns. This deems it the more secure and sturdy fabric.

Another feature that impacts the value of a pair of jeans is the direction of the twill, or a fundamental textile weave, in the weaving process. You can recognize the different directions on the face of the fabric. The left-hand twill goes from the upper right to the lower left, while the right-hand twill does the opposite.

Left-hand twills are well known for their durable and tight finished products, while right-hand twills are more stretchy and baggy. After multiple uses and washes, the fabric of the right-hand twill contains a more comfortable garment that directly correlates to your own body shape, but it is incapable of recovering to the original shape or the garment. The left-twill automatically locks in the original weave, creating a north to south natural weave within the yarns. This deems it the more secure and sturdy fabric.

The detail of the manufacturing of these jean products will determine the price of what you’re paying. Thankfully, you can find the perfect fit for you if you discover the specific weaves or weight of the fabric you want. Unfortunately, that may break your bank quite a bit. But when it’s all done, you’ll get the fit you desire.

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