These costumes were the result of a lengthy collaborative process between the Costume Designer, the Lighting Designer, and myself. The intent for these costumes was to have lines or pinpoints of controllable light able to compete with stage lights. We researched various methods of achieving this, including EL wire, but our break through came when we found a dress online that utilized a fiberoptic rave whip that had been repurposed and sewn into the costume.

We acquired a number of the whips, but discovered the handles of the whip which contained the emitter weren't bright enough, nor was there an easy way to have the console control them. So I gutted them of all the provided electronics, and used the a 4-color high powered LED chip that we had used in other projects on this production. I wired a resistor to each LED and sealed the electronics into the old whip handle. This was then encased in heat resistant fabric, and the emitter was then connected to a power supply and an RC4 wireless dimmer, and the entire rig was set into a repurposed mic belt which was worn by the performers under their costumes.