After reading the playwright Anna in the Tropics, I decided to take on the role of being a costume

A character’s costume is much more than the clothes they wear to play a part. These clothes help us venture into the author’s world and help us connect with this new place and believe in its reality. They help us capture so much more than what the character looks like. We are able to see, feel, and experience the characters personality and purpose in the story. In a play or movie, we immediately make our fist connection with a character based on what they are wearing, this is the first step in drawing us in and making us believe in this new world. This first impression gives us the first glimpse at the characters style, background, and social class. All of these things are meant to immediately draw us in.

This beautiful velvet dress and jacket would have been worn for an evening on the town, as would this satin hat. The purple velvet dress below also is representative of the period. These photos are courtesy of the museum

“costume is often coordinated with setting. Since the filmmaker usually wants to emphasize the human figures, setting may provide more or less neutral background, while costume helps pick out the characters. Color design is particularly important here.”

I think the designer chose to a concept of realism and simplicity because they did not want to take away from the message behind the play. The play has a strong message so as a costume designer it was probably very important to design clothes which would not take focus away from the message of the play, and realism and simplicity were key in doing that. There was definitely a color scheme of browns, olive greens, black, and grays. Most of the male costumes consisted of pants, ties, dressy button ups shirts, and jackets and the color scheme stayed the same in those outfits. Vivian was the only character who wore dresses out of the color scheme which included a red and floral dress. Also the last outfit wore by Jefferson consisted of a light blue shirt with jeans. I think the designer went with more colorful pieces at the end in order to portray a change in the character’s attitudes and to bring a sense of light and color to the triumphal

The clothing styles were things like stacks, bellbottoms, and short skirts. Maria was one of those girls who wore her hair in donut buns and braids. She had so much fun going out with her family to buy clothes. This was because they would always make fun of eachother while trying on clothes because they would put on some pretty weird things and see what they matched

The design choices incorporated in the play were effective; the character’s outfits were certainly designed according to the time period, which was some time shortly after the invention of electricity. The costume design as a whole helped depict the character’s social class. Dr. Givings, for instance, was dressed-up in black

With costume design comes clothing design. You are given a character and you have to show who they are through clothing. Pulling things from the script is important as to find small information that could be used. It also helps to figure out what they go through, do they change clothes, do they roll through dirt. You’ll also need to know the time period to know what fashions we’re appropriate. If it's victorian what do the lower class wear, or the upper class, if you're working with old generals how were they presented. You also have

In my opinion, I think that the clothes Scott and his men wore were absolutely perfect. From the boots, to the hats and goggles, to the gloves, everything signified that they were travelling somewhere freezing. The costumes were a little plain, which I think was a good thing because it showed some dreariness to the play. Cassie Graham, who played Kathleen, wore a beautiful white dress, which was also great for her character because it reminded me of almost an angel. She was so sweet and innocent throughout the play, and I think the white dress went very well with her character. Finally, Amundson wore a tan suit, and I think it made him look like he was higher in power compared to the other characters. The way Chandler Pawloski acted as Amundson, it was as if he thought he was better than everyone else, which is why it made sense that he was wearing an expensive-looking suit. The time was set back in the day, and I think all of these costumes really showed what time frame this was

Created by designer Adrian Adolph Greenberg, each costume was intended to reveal information about the character wearing it. Immense detail was put into each choice fabric, from the length of the cut to the detailed embellishments. What’s surprising is that the costumes in The Wizard of Oz are seemingly simple. They don’t come off as complex or overthought. They let the moviegoers relate seamlessly to the character, all while being distinct enough that there is no confusion.

They followed the same trend of broad shoulders and wide hips. It was supposed to resemble a suit of armor. Wealthy men wore fabrics that were colorful, adorned with expensive trimmings such as gold and silver lace (“Elizabethan Fashion”). Men accessorized with animal furs and many jewels. Their outfits consisted of a doublet, sleeves, hose, breeches, ruff, a cloak and a hat.

During the Elizabethan time period, in order to understand a person’s life style including clothes, we must first understand how the society at that time worked. The Elizabethan society was divided into three classes, first upper class including nobles and royalty, second middle class or hard-working class, and finally lower class or peasants. The availability of fabrics, colors, and designs were extremely limited for lower class compared to

In the same token, the costume design also did a marvelous job helping to relate to the tone of the plot line. In the beginning, we are introduced the Lotte, a lonely British doll maker and repair artist who is planning a singles getaway in order to find love in Troy. Her costume throughout the play is very baggy and unflattering with very mutual colors. I believe that the costume designer did this in order to emphasize the simplicity of the character. When she gets to Troy she meets Clive who is referenced to as the guy she begins to love in Troy. His costume is a bright pink shirt and khakis. His outfit almost represents a butler or a server in the resort scene. During the scenes from the "past" we are introduced to the women of Troy. These costumes were very intricate and detailed. To begin, the costumes

Clothing has and always will be a vital thing in life, but it is very hard to find for a reasonable price, let alone free, it seems it has always been that way. I noticed a few costumes had ends that weren’t finished, they were cut or worn down, that is one of a few things that added a different level of humanness to this production. When they did costuming, I found that everything clashed in so many ways; patterns, colors, clothing styles, everything, I loved it! The artists are trying to use costuming to convey things that the dialogue can only hint at. They are adding points of view on life that different people can relate to in different ways. By taking these characters/people who were pretty high up on the ladder and dressing them in scraps they are portraying that clothing is not only a precious commodity which does not make the man, but you will always find clothing corresponds very closely to an environment –Even the first Duke was dressed in Camouflage with leaves glued to his hat and coat.

The maids wear simple blue dresses with a white apron, white socks, and black shoes. The wealthy, popular women wear dresses with floral print throughout, and refrain from revealing too much. Strings of pearls and pearl earrings worn by the characters reflect popular sixties jewelry. Finally, the distinguished hairstyles of the characters exemplify the setting remarkably well. The women wear their hair bumped up and voluminous, and normally less than shoulder-length, with the ends flipped and curled. Headbands and bows make excellent sixties accessories in this film. These costumes signify status and divide between race and add to the theme of the film.

Tina wore a nice long scarf and her knee high boots. Terry wore a nice tam with a gold button right on the top!