Your Favorite Costumes in a Show- Page 2

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 5:26am

From the recent London Revival of My Fair Lady.

That dress was quite lovely, and the audience definitely were in awe.

[NYC_or_Bust]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 7:14am

kid, i agree. these were the same costumes used for the touring production (transfer from across the pond) that I saw last year. When Eliza entered throught the door upstairs in the library the audienced literally gave ooos and awwwes.

GOREGEOUS costumes for that production!

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 9:12am

I always loved the entire look of INTO THE WOODS, WICKED, PHANTOM and EVITA.

BUT...



He's supposed to be the Grand Dutchess Anastasia, but I think it makes him look like the Chrysler Building

Updated On: 8/8/08 at 09:12 AM

[jaystarr]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 12:34pm

I have not seen this show bec. it has not come to the US yet, but would love to see this:

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Costume Designer: Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner (same designer in the movie)























FACTS ABOUT THE SHOW
(from their website)

COSTUMES, WIGS & MAKE UP
The wardrobe department cares for over 300 costumes that are used throughout each performance.

This means there are nearly 300 costumes changes each performance, many of which are undertaken by the principals.
Over 150 pairs of tailor-made shoes are worn by the cast throughout each performance.

Nearly 200 hats and headdresses are worn by the cast throughout each performance, one of them contains 25 yellow rubber ducks, another 75 butterflies, another a bowl of fruit and a forth an aquarium complete with fish.

Over 100 wigs are worn by the cast throughout each performance
160 masks are worn by the cast throughout each performance; they are made up of 46 designs.

Thousands of feathers were used on the costume and headdress construction.
The casino shirt fabric is a Ken Done original, called ‘Tropical’.
When not on stage, the 1.5 metre cupcakes are stored in their very own cupcake oven.

Each week, there are 80 loads of washing, using 8 litres of washing liquid, requiring 24 hours of ironing and 10 cans of starch. Two people sort costumes almost all day, 6 days per week.

60 lipsticks, in 5 different shades, are used each month.
The cast use up to 5 pots of makeup glitter each week.
6 bottles of hair products including shampoo, conditioner and super strong hairspray are used each week.

The company devoured 3000 chuppa chups in the two weeks before Opening Night in Oct

Updated On: 8/8/08 at 12:34 PM

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 8/8/08 at 12:38pm

OMG THOSE ARE UNREAL

[esparza 333]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 1:50am

bump

[Raspberry]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 5:51pm

La Cage revival... costumes by William Ivey Long... or, as Ben Brantley wrote in his review, "who else?"

Updated On: 8/9/08 at 05:51 PM

[fachedaluna]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 6:11pm

All the Pirate Queen Costumes. They were very exact and detailed.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 8/9/08 at 6:14pm

Even though it's not a show the costumes for the Beijing opening ceremonies were gorgeous! And they had to make more than 15,000 of them.

Updated On: 8/9/08 at 06:14 PM