Post by tanzanlinnear on Apr 6, 2006 16:27:20 GMT -5
yanlauzon said:
Tanzan, as far as I know from discussions with Justin, he and his wife did the most part of the costume... And I've been told by a friend of mine that he and Justin use the same seamstress for their costumes. I'm not saying that he didn't make it himself, but I have heard that he did not, and I have no reason to disbelieve my friend.
yanlauzon said:
Money won't give you that costume, only hardwork can.In costuming, there are 3 factors:
you want it CHEAP
you want it QUICK
you want it PERFECT
you generally can choose one or two of those factors, never three. Justin definately chose PERFECTION over price and time factors.
If he chose to put more money into his costume to achieve this perfection, good to him. It is what costuming is all about - details, perfection, and how much of it you want of. Justin didn't want "a" costume, he wanted "the" costume, and he made what was necessary to achieve it.
Now, on other sides... you, me, and several others, decided that such details wouldn't be all that necessary... we placed our money elsewhere. Is Justin bad? NO.
are we bad? NO.
different views, that's all.
yet again, let anyone put the same money and time on a Jedi costume, and it wouldn't be all that accurate. Justin have the single one most accurate Anakin costume out there, so I don't think we should be money talking... his costume is priceless.
I'm not saying that Justin is bad, all I have said, is that I don't like people that take credit for other people's work. If he made the costume himself (obviously some parts must be purchassed) then all credit to him. But. Paying someone to make something to a specific set of guidelines that have been copied from something else, is neither skilled nor creative. My costume is almost entirely purchassed, but I have never given the impression of it being anything but purchassed. I've never given anyone the impression that I did a load of research and then made it myself, and that's what I have been told that Justin did. Yes, it's a great costume, I'm not denying that, I just want the credit for it to go to the right person, whoever they may be. The amount of money that has been put into a costume is not relevant as a good or bad point to the person, all I am saying, is that if I had $9000 (or however much the costume cost) and as much reference material as Justin has accumulated and someone to make it for me, then I would be wearing a costume equally as authentic and detailed, but I still wouldn't try and give the impression that it was something I had made myself.