Date sent: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:15:10 EST
Subject: Concert dress
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 01/25/2000 1:21:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
RossiniSop-at-aol.com writes:

<< << Yikes. I've often thought that it would be great if women choral
singers
could wear tuxes along with the men, because I can't think of anyone who
doesn't look near their best in a tux. Wouldn't it make life simpler?
(sigh)

Lee Morgan
Mezzo-soprano
>>
Sorry is someone else has already addressed this subject, but I just had to
respond to the above statement. Big-chested women do NOT look their best in
a tux. I have to wear one in one of the performing ensembles I'm with, and
it just looks ridiculous. The shirt poofs all out below your chest, and you
feel like you've got a big white tent down there! >>

Gosh, I'm pretty busty, and I think a tux is one of the best things I can
wear. It may have something to do with the fit of the coat - the opening
between the lapels shouldn't be terribly wide. I have about a 6" opening
between lapels in my tux, and it works nicely. What I like about tuxes on
women is the way the coat emphasizes curves without making women look hippy.

Lee Morgan
Mezzo-soprano