Thread: Vacuum sealed body costume ?

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Even a wearer who is smaller than the garment or who is wearing a corset cannot exactly reproduce the original wearer's silhouette and will stress some part of the garment. Wearing historic clothes thus produces enormous tensions on fabric and seams. The wearer's body temperature and perspiration serve as an oven that acts as a catalyst in the deterioration process. Sweating also releases components that attack fibers and can discolor fabrics. Dead skin cells, body oils, dirt and sebum, the oil from hair follicles, are also deposited on the surface of the fabric.

Textiles are among the world's most fragile artifacts. Clothing, assembled from textiles and others materials that can self-destruct, is even more difficult to care for. Additionally, throughout the centuries, numerous fabrics have been treated with chemical solutions meant to enhance their appearances. Silks, for example, were often weighted with metallic salts, mostly consisting of tin or iron. This practice was common as early as the 1750s. It was at it's peak of popularity in the
20th century and was practiced as late as the 1950s. Even with the best preservation efforts, these matallic salts eventually attack and break the fibers. Thus, careful handling becomes essential and any wearing of historic garments ill advised.

Deathstate.... thats one option I have in mind....

Now if I could only get that person to hang from the ceiling all night !!! I'd really have a great costume! JK but if only ........... hehe

good luck I only know one way to get people to stay still and that's illegal

idk how well it would actually work, but thought i would try my hand at solving this.

if you are familiar with vac-u-forming (i really hope i spelled it right) or had some way to gain acess to a machine, you could do a sturdy vacuform of a manequine's body sans the head (obviously humans couldnt be put under the machine)

This would leave you with a sturdy, clear plastic body form which would really look like a sealed plastic package, but would severely reduce movement. For the head you could use a stretchy fabric in front of the face, just close enough that they could press their face against it when the guests came through, but far enough away they wouldnt be constantly forced into it, raisng suffocation hazzards.

for the back you could use two overlapping pieces of stretchy black spandex, which would breathe as well as offer a quick exit in case of emergency, but still look relatively solid.

now this is just what immediately popped into my head, wether or not it would look good, or even be feasable is beyond me sounds like it will be a great haunt though!