Hamilton Australia challenged by shortages of thread and elastic for 500 period costumes because of coronavirus

Making the costumes for a dazzling musical production is hard enough without contending with shortages of essential items such as elastic and thread. "Things that we would take for granted, freighting supplies and fabrics and physical costume samples around the world, has been tricky," she said. Not to miss a single historic detail, a specialised "Hamilton fabric" has even been created to allow the dancers to wear a stretchable material that looks like traditional woven moleskin. "We're only halfway through but we've probably made 100 already and there's about 35 hours per pair in the making, so we've been busy," she said. "It is actually really exciting, especially in these current times with COVID, just being able to keep working in our industry and be able to bring such an amazing show to audiences," Ms Loxley said.