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Fire Shorts
I made these to wear to Southern Decadance 2003 in New Orleans.
I was very pleased with the fire-colored designed I’d worked out, but hadn’t started dying stretch fabrics yet. So these were sewn into a kind of "gym shorts" pattern.
The silk was very thin and I was worried about ripping and "exposure", so I sewn a liner into the shorts. This gave them plenty of body, but I thought it made the look much less flattering. (Other people didn’t seem to mind!)
So I dyed some Habotai silk and sewed the shorts with two layers of material. I was afraid just one layer of silk would be two flimsy for clothing.
These don’t have the best fit, but they’re very comfortable and look great in black light!
Ernesto’s White Party Pants
Ernesto wanted an very simple design for White Party.
Mostly white pants with just a little blue in them. Here’s what I came up with.
They came out ok and Ernesto had a *great* time wearing them in Palm Springs.
But I’d like to take them do a completely new dye job with lots of color...maybe for his next big party. :-)
Fire Pants (2)
This is the second pair of wrap pants I made. It has a lot more orange, where I was playing with my fire blends.
I took both pairs to prepare for some shows in San Diego. I brought them out for Chris, the other flagger in the shows. I figured he’d think they were wild, but I <b>really</b> didn’t expect him to be up for wearing them in the show. The material is very <b>thin</b>!
But he was up for it, and everyone else involved loved the idea. Kristine (the whole reason for the shows) thought they were great, and really loved it when I pulled out some UV body paint and put blacklight flames over my chest and arms.
So we wore them as one of our outfits. Chris also wore my fire shirt, and I just did another UV paint job over my chest, arms and face.
The pants felt amazingly comfortable to flag in--pretty close to being naked actually. My biggest worry was that the silk would get wet from all our sweat and stick to ... certain places...
:-)
Fire Pants (1)
I liked the wrap-style pants when I first saw them years ago. So simple and yet so comfortable.
And having the legs completely open up the sides added a bit of a thrill to wearing them!
I haven’t tried making them before because frankly, I didn’t expect them to look good on a dancer during a show. Hey, I’m pretty used to wearing stuff that’s tight.
I met Andy in Vegas, and he mentioned that he’d also been interested in this style of clothing. Here was the push I need to try making a pair.
Andy is a flagger from Seattle. He creates beautiful tie-dyed sets.
The pants are made of silk and sewn completely with silk thread. Making the first pair was actually kind of fun, and I immediately made two more sets.
And then I put them on the shelf because I didn’t know how I wanted to dye them.
During one of my tie-dye workshops, I tried an idea I’d been working on to create a "lava"-type design. I made a set of flags using the technique and liked it so much I dyed both pairs of pants with it. This is the first, using a bit more yellow than the second.
Hypnosis Blue Pants
This is the last pair of pants I made for the show. By this point I was having a great time, and wanted to try some new stuff. I went with a blue tone on this pair to see if I could get the metallic look with a different color, and took the spiral effect to extremes.
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