If any of you read my first post about Cinderella, you know that I REALLY wanted to re-create a high-school-budget-version of the wonderfully over-the-top ball gowns found in the Broadway version of “Cinderella”. The magical lifts and twirling skirts weave a wonderfully fanciful image of a Fairytale land ball–something every little girl would dream of attending. Figuring…
Shake, Rock ‘N Roll! Everyone in “Grease” wants to attend the big dance at Rydell High and dance in the Hand Jive Contest! Bring on the petticoats, tulle & “Away We Go!” This scene is BIG! This scene has ENERGY! This scene is HOPPIN’! And this scene requires A LOT of costumes! The guys aren’t so…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
The 1950’s will be a prevailing theme for a bit . . . our production of “Grease” necessitated the upcycling of somewhere between 40 & 50 dresses . . .so there are a lot of variations on a theme! Obviously some turned out better than others . . and a few bit the dust as “fails”…
In the musical “Grease” Johnny Casino is a 1950’s rock-star who comes to town to sing at the big Dance Contest. In the costume plot in the Samuel French script (Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, 1972) he is described as wearing “Geranium pink slacks with dark pink stripes on the…
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