Bernadette's Costumes/hair/makeup

Just something that occurred to me...Bette always looked amazing when she came out on stage and I heard that she had like 3 or four dressing rooms, and multiple dressers and hair/makeup. It struck me that Bernadette's "looks" didn't have that level of polish. Maybe I'm wrong but I think you'll agree once you see the show. With the costumes...the top of Bette's red dress for the title number was breathtaking. Thin strands of diamonds leading to her neck...not Bernadette. She has a clunky, heavy looking necklace on that isn't even that sparkly? It just looks like it's weighing her down. Then I started looking at the detail from her other costumes and I wondered if they're cutting costs some? Everyone remakes on here about the photo they released...she looked great but frankly if someone would have been paying more attention to her hair/makeup and would fix her costume and go back and embellish the others as Bette's were I think we'd see a big difference. Also...Victor's didn't seem like it was tailored properly?

Sloppy...

You’re right! I was trying to find pictures of Donna in the red gown and I couldn’t find any official ones, but what I did find was more similar to what Bernadette was wearing.

Updated On: 1/23/18 at 09:52 AM

Here’s Bette:

from those pix, while the jewelry is different, I think the only other big difference is the lighting

I would disagree with you regarding the Dolly costume. Bette wore a necklace that was more spider-web-ish than the one they have Bernadette wearing. It worked on Bette but based on the fit of Bernadette's costume, it would not have laid correctly on her chest. The new one is not a subtle but has the same impact as Midler's. They obviously tailored the costumes to Bernadette. Hopefully, that will happen with each Dolly that comes into the show. Nothing is worse than a lead in a show wearing an outfit that is totally wrong for their body type just because the original star wore it that way. (Well, that's not exactly true because there are worse things, but you get what I mean....)

I may be wrong, but after looking at both photos closely it seems that Bette's had a flesh colored mesh starting at the straps and going across her bust. This could be why her necklace was bigger, as they were trying to hide this illusion. Bernadette's seems to be her actual skin. Its the opposite but it sort of reminds me of when Jennifer Holliday replaced Heather Headley in The Color Purple and then all of Shug's costumes included a matching short jacket/cardigan hiding her upper arms, even the flesh toned one where Celie is supposed to be bathing her!