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And today's going to be an open discussion
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About traditional concert attire for orchestras around the world.
mmm
How do we break this up?
So we firstly have the females
They have, just black, concert blacks
Concert blacks
They have so much variety
They can wear whatever, as long as it's black
I know
They wear dresses
They wear tops
They wear lacy stuff
They get to wear bling sometimes as long as it's not too crazy
Flex it out
I know some orchestras has rules that you can't show too much
- But in general, there is a lot of variance in females - Yeah
They have like more freedom to choose on what type of clothes they can wear as long as it's black.
And it's more practical, the stuff they wear, it's more just like, normal stuff
Yeahhh.
If you're seen walking around after the concert, it's like, yeah okay.
But see, when guys-
Because we have to wear tails, right?
And after the concert I always had to get changed, because if I want to go get, like, late night food
at like Asian restaurant
I'm not gonna walk in there in a full-on, like, coattails. I look like a psychopath.
I look like a psychopath
*music* (The Entertainer - Scott Joplin)
Eddy has a good point.
What is the purpose of ...
But now, for guys,
So, just for those who aren't aware, guys in the orchestra have to wear ...
coattails
And, that has
It's like this cockroach looking thing
Like cockroach wings
*dep* *dep* *dep* *dep* *deow*
And you have to wear a little cummerbund
Do you have your cummerbund here?
*exasperated sigh*
This thing that no one can really see anyway
Either you have a cummerbund or like a vest thing.
And then on top of that
You have to have a white bow tie.
*haii*
That chokes you, while you're trying to play the violin
Sometimes it's a black bow tie
Sometimes you have to remember what days you have to wear a white bow tie
what days you have to wear a black bow tie
which makes it so confusing
It's just how impractical
Im-prac-tical
This uniform is, the bow tie is here
Where does the violin sit?
*choking noise*
Yeah, it's just a disruption, and what does this do?
It's tradition
You got to honor tradition
We might as well wear long stockings and wigs to play like Mozart's court musicians
Shall we
Anyway
So this was something that I'm like
What does this remind you of
Tom and Jerry
A flying cockroach, Tom and Jerry outfits
Only, a thousand dollars.
No, that's the thing
They're so expensive in Australia
I mean I don't know about, like, other countries
But, in Australia, you can't buy these coattails
- They custom make it - Because if you get a job in an orchestra
You can't buy it
It cost $1,000 to rent from *company*
A $1,000 hire because they assume you're using it once for wedding
Because who the hell buys a coattail? In Australia.
I mean, I bought mine in uh-
- Just..just.. - So everyone buys it from eBay or..
Yeah, I bought this from eBay
Yeah, but who the hell wears this on a daily basis around the world
But, but, it's... it's the unique symbol of the orchestral musician
You should embrace it, Brett. Stop being so close-minded
Just pay, like, my monthly salary for a...
For cockroach wings
Apparently there's this, um,
I heard this famous piano soloist, a French guy-
I don't want to name his name just in case he doesn't want to be attributed here
But apparently he's very into fashion
And he says he HATES
The coats as a concert attire
He was like it literally looks like cockroaches
There you go, straight from a French, world-class piano soloist
And the French people know their fashion
What if, what would happen if we just wore like, a black, button-up shirt
Would that...
Deduct from the symphony
I guess it would
I think it'd make the symphony sound better because you'd be able to move more while playing
But the feeling, you know, the visual feeling definitely make it sound better
No one's looking anyway because everyone's closing their eyes
OHHHHHHH
Alright, what do you guys think?
Comment below your opinions, this was an open-ended video
Just try throwing some provocative ideas.
We're never gonna wear this in the public
*music* (The Entertainer - Scott Joplin)
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