PROFESSIONALISM: Dressing For The Part?

[megf]

I love the idea of EMT clothing, especially for those tech days when everyone's prop eyeglasses fall apart... but it's just about impossible to find styles that look decent enough to wear at the restaurant or bar afterward!

Has anyone had luck finding women's EMT pants that are nice enough for FOH moments, but also have the pockets and doo-dads for a good long tech day?

[avkid]

The best selection of EMT clothes:
Galls

[megf]

COOL!

Thanks

[OldeWolf]

Has anyone tried Paramedic's pants?  They usually come in dark colors, are very durable, and have tons of pockets.  They seem like they would be perfect, but I don't know.

Opinions?

SSM

'S what my wife wears when she's my ASM. They look good on her.

Owen

[KMC]

If I am running the deck I prefer Military Surplus BDUs.  I go with summerweight as they are lighter, with ripstop (amazing, pants will never tear large holes).  They are also flame retardant for about 15-20 seconds of pretty direct exposure to flame.

[OfficerKrupke]

If I am doing deckwork or backstage I go for black slacks, black boots, black button down(with about 3 buttons unbuttoned); but if I am in view of the audience(in the booth) I wear the same outfit, with nicer shoes, and a colorful tie.  No complaints so far, and a few compliments on my ties!

[OldeWolf]

If I am running the deck I prefer Military Surplus BDUs.  I go with summerweight as they are lighter, with ripstop (amazing, pants will never tear large holes).  They are also flame retardant for about 15-20 seconds of pretty direct exposure to flame.

ahhh...but do they make that terrible rasping "shooshing" noise when you walk? I've thought about them, but remember nylon track and rain pants and the noise would drive me nuts (though only I would know I was going there).

Owen

To Believe is to Create.
To Create is to Do.
To Do is to Believe.


 

[KMC]

If I am running the deck I prefer Military Surplus BDUs.  I go with summerweight as they are lighter, with ripstop (amazing, pants will never tear large holes).  They are also flame retardant for about 15-20 seconds of pretty direct exposure to flame.

ahhh...but do they make that terrible rasping "shooshing" noise when you walk? I've thought about them, but remember nylon track and rain pants and the noise would drive me nuts (though only I would know I was going there).

Owen

To Believe is to Create.
To Create is to Do.
To Do is to Believe.


 

Nope, they are cloth.  I don't think a soldier or SWAT team member would want the noisy *shoosh* either 

[Jessica Connelly]

for me, prep week is work clothes- nothing you aren't willing to get dirty. Production meetings and for the first day of rehearsal  I step it up a bit. I wouldn't wear anything i would be willing to paint in but nothing i would want to go on a date in for general rehearsal. Tech whatever is most comfortabe!!
performance if I am calling the show usually go with something like i would wear first day of rehearsal or better.
(I think that you are know how to dress! I have seen you look fabulous!)
miss you
j

[Gonzerilli]

i think every theater is different. For my job at The Hypnodrome during performace I wear a wife beater, oversized 70's light and dark green striped suit jacket, a beat up old top hat, faded blue jeans, and a pair of dirty work boots. Oh yeah and carry around a walking stick and by the end of the show I have a foam clown nose. However, were a small blackbox theater where we only do Grand Guignol. I wouldn't have worn it my first night there and the producers love the outfit. So hey I figure flow with the show.

[Sarah]

I agree with all the previous posters stating that comfort, ease of movement and gak sotrage options are essential to your wardrobe choices. If you're not comfortable in your clothing, you may unconsciously broadcast this unease in other ways. Cargos or jeans, a nice, fitted t-shirt (layered with long sleeves in winter) and clean Converse sneakers are my particular favorites. I find I can perform any task, anticipated or not, while in my most comfortable, functional attire.

I do NOT want to see your leopard print thong every time you sit down, so please tuck in your shirt or otherwise mind the gap back there.

   
If I had a dime...this seems to be a trend among quite a few PAs with whom I have worked. This may be another thread topic but does anyone have a polite but firm way of requesting of younger SMs and PAs that they "mind the gap"?

[Jessie_K]

If I had a dime...this seems to be a trend among quite a few PAs with whom I have worked. This may be another thread topic but does anyone have a polite but firm way of requesting of younger SMs and PAs that they "mind the gap"?

"Pull up your pants, please" always seems to work me.

[Balletdork]

If I had a dime...this seems to be a trend among quite a few PAs with whom I have worked. This may be another thread topic but does anyone have a polite but firm way of requesting of younger SMs and PAs that they "mind the gap"?

"Pull up your pants, please" always seems to work me.

I know- right?! It makes me insane... 

[ScooterSM]

Although in defense of the sleeveless shirt or tank top, it is frequently about 80 degrees F in my office and not much cooler in the theatre for 3-4 months of the year.  I will take the bare arms over the sweat stains and the accompanying smells any day.  (How do you tell your PA/ASM/Crew that they smell?!  )

[RuthNY]

Females take aside females, males take aside males. 

And make sure your crew has enough free time to do their laundry or that wardrobe will agree to launder the crew "uniforms." I've known theatres to kick in for extra sets of blacks for those crew members who don't own enough sets to get through a performance week. Sometimes, a smelly PA/ASM/Crew is just a young person who doesn't budget time well, or actually is without free time and extra funds!

(How do you tell your PA/ASM/Crew that they smell?!  )