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…
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”…
This dress was upcycled for a performance of “Phantom of the Opera”. The cast member who wore this had a walk on, and then sat in the opera box with Raoul. I do not have pictures of the original dress . . . .but this simple upcycle consisted strictly of adding decorations to the dress.…
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…
Simple Skirt-to-Cape Upcycle Last year when our High School was doing “Beauty & the Beast” I wanted all of the Villagers to have capes in the Mob Scene . . .it just looks “better”. After going to our local rental shop . . .and coming away with some really nice capes . . and some…
This post is about an “Anna” inspired costume I created last fall. I made this costume in about 8 hours over the course of two days. I was lucky enough to have the base dresses & trims in my “stash”. Most of the time came from cutting out and ironing on the dress “embroidery” designs.…
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