![]() All of the cloaks I made from my accurate fabric had this same problem. ![]() Gravity works against the material and the longer it's displayed vertically the more it will stretch out of shape. This is due to the fabric stretching out of shape because of the weight and loose weave. This is not due to a shorter mannequin being used. In later exhibitions the cloak is training behind the mannequin like a wedding dress, which it didn't do at all in the film. The fabric used on the screen used cloaks had stretch and I know this because of the loose weave (as shown in the film with light passing through it very easily) and the fact that if you look at the costume in exhibition photos, the ones from MOM show the hem being at the ankles of the display. One of the reasons the costume designers often choose wool for cloaks and robes is the fact that it has such a beautiful natural drape that it wouldn't require a bias cut, where with a cotton fabric, for example, you might opt for it in order to get a better drape. The other benefit is that they tend to drape better on the body, but that's really only necessary for more form fit clothing, not something as wide and as flowing as a cape or cloak. The purpose of a bias cut for clothing is to allow fabrics that don't normally stretch along the grain to suddenly have the ability to stretch due to being cut at a 45 degree angle to the warp and weft threads. As far as my research indicates the screen used cloak was not cut on the bias.
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