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Costume design for the Jean-Genie in Aladdin and the Twankeys

Costume Design
2013 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Charles Cusick Smith (costume designers)
Place of origin
York (Made)

Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Jean-Genie in Aladdin and the Twankeys at the York Theatre Royal (12 December 2013 - 1 February 2014).


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Pantomime
Costumes
Designs
Object type
Costume design
TitleCostume design for the Jean-Genie in <i>Aladdin and the Twankeys</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pen on card with attached fabric swatches
Card
Paint
Pen
Sequins
Synthetic Fabric
Drawing (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Jean-Genie in Aladdin and the Twankeys at the York Theatre Royal (12 December 2013 - 1 February 2014)
Physical description
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Jean-Genie in Aladdin and the Twankeys. Full length David Bowie-style figure wearing a turquoise and silver suit with blue trims, the jacket with a wide white flat 'collar' decorated with large blue and smaller silver stars and with a high fan-shaped collar behind the head, also decorated with silver stars. The knee-length trousers have silver lightning flashes on each leg and are trimmed with silver triangular points. With three fabric swatches attached, upper right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42cm
  • Width: 30cm
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
Costume design by Charles Cusick Smith for the Jean-Genie in Aladdin and the Twankeys at the York Theatre Royal (12 December 2013 - 1 February 2014).
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.989-2017

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Record createdJune 1, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1357305/costume-design-for-the-jean-costume-design-charles-cusick-smith/
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