|
|
Article: BED HEADS.(designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- WWD
- Article date:
- July 13, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 Conde Nast Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
ANTWERP, Belgium -- An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx have hit a snag: The costume they've designed for actress Joan MacIntosh, the lead in the upcoming production of Susan Sontag's play "Alice in Bed," is too tight.
"I'm afraid I'll rip the back if I make a sudden movement," complains MacIntosh.
With hardly a blink, Vandevorst spots a pair of silver scissors. She quickly snips a makeshift vent where the shirt pulls. "How's that?" she asks. Swinging her arms, the actress nods in approval.
"Problem solved," says Arickx, nonchalantly sinking his teeth into an orange.
This type of instinctive improvisation seems to characterize the ...