WHEN THE new television
series Hawkeye makes it to the
small screen keep an eye on
the costumes worn by (the
delightful leading lady, Lynda
Carter.

By Martin Millerchip
Contributing Writer

They are the handiwork of
North Vancouver resident Deborah
Gyug and her home-based compa-
ny Made To Measure Design.

Gyug has been working out of
her large Seymour apartment —
which she calls her workroom ——

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since 1987, devoting two or three
bedrooms to the business,

Since deciding to concentrate
on sewing for film and television
she has become loath to give up the
location, which js handy not only
to North Shore Studios, but also to
Bridge Studios in Burnaby and
Pacific Motion Pictures in
Gastown.

“If it doesn't overwhelm me Pll
manage to make this space work
for as long as | can.”

Gyug says she had been doing a
lot of private client work but want-
ed to try something a little different
two years ago.

“It occurred to me that the film

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industry might have special needs
and once the ball got rolfing it has
kept coming back.

“In the film world, if they can
purchase or rent the costumes com-
plete they will do that, So what
ends up coming my way are some
interesting and very odd bits.

“I've been sewing for pay for
about 20 years and at times I never
really felt al! that focused.

“I did a lot of painting on silk
for some years, I know how to
weave and needle point and I just
about knitted myself into oblivion
soine years,

“It seems that with film and
television all of those skills that
were haphazardly developed actu-
ally come into use because this is
exactly what they need.

“They need someone who can
say ‘Oh yes, I can do that and we'll
paint it as well and we'll put the
beads on and then we'll knit the
shaw] that goes on top.’”

For the Hawkeye series Gyug
shopped for fabrics with designer
Kate Healey.

“She has a very good eye for
how colors are going to translate
on film.

“Once we had picked basic col-
ors, and shapes and styles had been
approved by both the actress and
the production company, we went
ahead and built the costumes.

“We call it building because
there are a lot of parts to period
pieces. There’s a lot of boning and
corseting inside the garment itself
and they also have to be built very
sturdily as the costumes are worn
day in and day out for weeks and
weeks on end.”

Other highlights for Gyug's
workshop over the last two years
include Kate Nelligan’s costumes
in Spoils Of War and all of the fan-
tasy pieces in Look Who's Talking
Now (one dress alone had 100
hours of beadwork).

While Gyug builds for other
television and film designers, she
designs all her own clothes.

“[ haven't learned to make
shoes yet, which is perhaps a good
thing. The cobbler never gets his
own shoes,” she laughs.

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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

COSTUME MAKER Deborah Gyug of North Vancouver fs cur-
rently working on period piece dresses for Lynda Carter who is

in town filming Hawkeye, a new television program.

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