Costume Design for Grease

Grease is one of my all time favorite movies and I recently saw the play and absolutely loved it. This is why I chose to design costume's for this particular play. Any one who has seen the play Grease, or even watched the movie, would probably agree that the costume's for this play are not anything very complicated, rather, they are every day clothing that people wore back in that time period which happened to be the rock and roll era.

The plot revolves primarily around the attraction between greaser Danny Zuko and the virtuous Sandy Dumbrowski. Grease brings back the teen-age life style of the 1950's when the boys wore short hair swept back into greasy coifs called the ducktail and they sported motorcycle jackets, pegged pants, turned up shirt collars and t-shirts with cigarette packs secured in rolled up sleeves. The girls wore beehive hairdos complete with hair clips. They chew gum and wear boys windbreakers with their names sewn on. They pierce their ears, wear pedal pushers, spongy white bobby socks, cinch belts, long felt skirts and crinolines.

In my point of view the main characters are Danny, Sandy, The Pink Lady's, and The T-birds. Sandy is my favorite character because she does a total transformation from the beginning to the end. At the beginning Sandy is a very shy and conservative when she meets Danny. However, Sandy turns into a total "sex kitten" in the process of trying to get Danny's attention back through her costume and appearance. She changes her entire look thanks to The Pink Lady's who help her with this transformation. While Sandy is busy turning into the type of lady that she feels Danny wants, Danny is spending all his time with The T-birds who try and convince him that he doesn't need her. As you have already reviewed, the above pictures are pictures from Grease. By looking at these you get an idea of what the characters wore in this play. You can also see the transformation that Sandy undergoes. The very first couple of pictures are pictures that I found online that I believe resemble what the characters in Grease would wear. I put a picture of leather pants, boots, and a red purse. I feel that Sandy would wear this when she transforms into a "bad ass" for Danny. I put a leather coat because I feel that these leather coat's represent The T-Birds and their "bad ass" appearance. I than put a white v-neck shirt because I feel that Danny and The T-Birds would wear this underneath of their jackets. Last but not least I put a knee length skirt that represents Sandy at the beginning of the play when she is a sweet and innocent young lady.