Drop Waist 1950’s Look Upcycle Dress One of the most common styles of bridesmaid dress readily available at thrift stores is the strapless, wrapped-look bodice, with a floor length, flared skirt. There are variations on this theme . . how the wrap look is done, how flared the skirt is, the shape of the bodice…
One of the things I enjoy the most about doing costumes for my high school shows is working with the kids. They never cease to amaze me, and they are SO.MUCH.FUN. This year for “Grease” I decided to dress Vince Fontaine in a zebra jacket (the original costume plot calls for a pink zebra jacket…
This is a tale of two dresses . . and one curtain. Here is the beginning of the tale: The first dress is a two piece blue long ensemble with a button back. The second dress is a one piece blue satin strapless dress with front pleating. The third item is a very long, somewhat faded,…
I have been wanting to do a “start-from-the-beginning” post and had been trying to decide what sort of costume to create. I have lots of ideas rattling around in my head, it was just a direction of picking a direction to go 🙂 I got inspiration from a comment my sister made on on of…
Our High School did “Grease” this Spring. One of the big specialty scenes is “Beauty School Dropout” . .LOVE IT! I envisioned lots of bling . . .towering curler hats . . . . maybe even feathers! Then we had auditions . . and over 70 kids tried out. When it was all said and…
Who doesn’t want to be a Mermaid? Shiny fins, gorgeous hair, live underwater in a magical world? Why not??? About a year ago when I was ordering fabric for a different project, I ran across the scale print spandex, and showed it to my daughter . . who OF COURSE begged that we should get some…
Every once in a while you come across a really lucky find. Something that makes me pretty excited is finding matching garments at a thrift store. Occasionally they show up together, and other times they will show up separately. I know that sounds crazy . . but . . there is one thrift store that I…
We’ve all been there . . . in the costume room . . .sizing the cast into costumes, and you have THE.PERFECT.DRESS. Only . . . . you juuuusssttt can’t quiiiiittteeee get it zipped up. And, even if you could . . .you don’t want to count on being able to do it during a…
Rizzo is the Bad Girl of “Grease”, who eventually shows a soft heart inside her tough exterior. The costume plot in the back of the script “Grease: A New 50’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Musical’, published by Samuel French, Inc., indicates that Rizzo wears “Black prom dress, black heels” (p. 80) for the Big Dance Scene.…
Remember Patty Simcox from “Grease”? The annoyingly perky, happy Cheerleader who pretended to befriend newcomer Sandy . . all the while trying to get Danny for herself? Patty is your all-American, apple-pie eating, goody-goody, yearbook editor . . . and she needed to look girl-next-door . . so what better than a white dress? Here…
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