Design costumes for Chicago

I chose the musical Chicago to design costumes for because it is very fun and colorful. The musical has a lot of dancing and signing, costumes range from dresses to corsets and fishnet stocking, high heels and pearls. The music made it easy to picture which costumes would go with each scene. I have been a dancer since I was little and enjoy the unique costumes we had, so I thought this would be a good play to chose costumes. Since the play has a sexy side, I chose costumes that showed off some skin, yet were classy. I kept the theme going of black white and red because they were easy colors to work with. And red is a fierce yet sexy color. I liked the idea of glitter and feathers to add to the costume to give it more of an effect. Jewelry and shoes were also very important to add to a costume, I chose pictures with high heels because their more eye catching. All the costumes are very form fitting so that the actresses are able to move around and dance easily. The theme that goes along with the costumes is a jazzy effect, flapper dancers, mixed with burlesque dancers. When choosing which play to design costumes for this was the first one that came to mind because it is very girlie which stood out to me. I am interested in fashion as well as dancing so this musical was a combination of both. I would add a few more sparkly dresses and more colors such as gold, silver, and white. Fishnet stockings add to each costume as well as lace. I think sticking to the same colors is a good technique. This musical has a dark side which is why some costumes are all black, while the louder scenes have louder colors such as bright red and silver.