Does it bother any of you that the moderators of this forum, in establishing an area specially for female performers, assume that the primary topic of discussion would be clothing?

It doesn't bother me. One of the major issues I deal with is clothing. Most magic is, of coure, geared for the male magician, and when it says something like "...and then secretly drop this into the pocket of your jacket...." what are you do do when you don't wear a jacket? Some of my performance outfits are very form fitting and sleeveless. It makes it difficult to conceal things in the "normal" way. Clothing is an issue, to me at least, and it's nice to have somewhere to go to ask about it and have the questions answered seriously.

Margarette

Thinking out of the box and discussing how to use of gaff props like lipstick, makeup compacts, bracelets, hair accessories and the like would be interesting to me.

John, that assumption is yours. That topic is given as AN example. Nowhere does it say or imply PRIMARY example.

I don’t have a problem with it because clothing is such an issue. Like Margarette said, a lot of instructions just say to casually put something in your pocket or remove it when I don’t wear such types of jackets. Even women’s suit jackets don’t have such pockets normally. Personally, I’m very into mentalism and the p**k wallets are all masculine. I always look for checkbooks or other items that I can gaff myself.

However, I’ve also learned that there are certain advantages to being a woman. I’ve vanished coins into my bra that utterly floored people. They could not for the life of them figure out where that darn coin went -- haha. I’ve found that sports bras can make terrific topits if they fit just right.

I have also, while sitting at a table, palmed off cards and slipped them up my skirt temporarily. It just looks like I’m straightening up my skirt hem or pulling it down. Then I can get it back when I need it. It’s kind of like lapping.

I have sometimes ditched the little cut pieces of rope at the end of a rope routine down the back of my shirt while flicking my hair back. Nobody thought twice about it.

It’s really tough not having those jacket pockets on the sides the way men do but being a woman sometimes has its advantages too.


Holly

I think clothing is an important issue no matter the sex of the performer. Holly those are some great suggestions. Since I'm not a woman it's no applicable to me, but maybe I can look into a bro, or a man-zier to vanish items. I just don't think I have the figure for it. LOL.
James

What else?

I have actually done the same, ditching a TT. I've also started out with the gimmick for a pen through bill hidden in a scrunchy, stealing it while casually adjusting it as the spec examined the pen.

It doesn't bother me... As a costume designer and magician, I find the clothing topics most interesting.

No not really. Firesly it was just given as an example. Secondly the clothing is one of the main/only big differences between magic for men and women, pretty much every thing else is unisex.

I have big problems with clothes especialy, I would love to wear a fetching suit jacket and it would make life a lot easer but it deffenly would not suit me.