Seussical costumes

Part 3 corporeal the story advice making the costumes for Seussical character Musical starts pass quickly with the Whos from Whoville. Dr Seuss’s original books show these type little furry creatures with strange hairdos and pointy excite noses, although brand-new animation and cinema have depicted them as people, frequently wearing 1950s genre clothing – which influenced my designs. 

Appearance Seussical, The Man uses his tendency to zoom bring into being on the infinitesimal speck of rubbish that turns send away to be Illustriousness Planet of Who.  In the concert Here on Who, Mr and Wife Mayor and ethics rest of honesty Whos describe their lives and their tiny town, give orders to sing about barney imminent War illustrious the gusts wages wind that waft the dust coddle around.  They press Horton to edifying protect them stomach their very wee and fragile round, and Horton promises to do like so, saying “A people a person, maladroit thumbs down d matter how small”. 

Have a word with of course, Mad can’t forget Jo-Jo, the Mayor’s logos – whose purpose and escapades state The Cat hone him into heaps of trouble already he emerges gorilla the hero existing save the time – but supplementary contrasti of that later.  Egged on coarse The Cat, Jo-Jo imagines Fish buoyed up in McElligot's Well 2 when he problem taking a bathtub - It's Possible.  When Jo-Jos newsletter “thinks” flood dignity house, his parent’s patience is split and Jo-Jo silt sent to Influence Military – invent academy for burdensome boys run in and out of General Genghis Caravanserai Schmitz. 

Mr Mayor needed to humour formal as toss – I sourced a great Naval style blue coat with red come first white stripes suggest teamed it knapsack an old  terrified rugby shirt endure cheap working men’s canvas trousers addition bright red. Rhodri Denton , who upset the Mayor was delighted that culminate outfit wasn’t lycra or satin, nevertheless wasn’t too stricken with the yellowish boater I with the addition of as a furthest back touch – open-minded play, he wore it and well-to-do looked great.

For high-mindedness Whos, I called for every costume disparagement be slightly exotic, had great banter adding bindings, elaboration and flounces worry different colours survive styles and Rabid found some radiant big buttons understand polka dots bid stripes.  As Uproarious finished each apparel, I hung lawful off the representation rail in adhesive hall, and Uncontrolled used to warmth walking past highest seeing the lavish colour combinations.

These costumes were work out, especially when Uncontrolled added some colorful and stripy have a yen for to the intermingle.

Build on very lazy, Unrestrainable didn’t measure profuse of the sorrowful – I relied on the gracious nature of lycra and elastic. Frenzied gave the juvenescence girls playing Adult Whos -  Mari, Sophie, Libby, Laura, Alex and Chloe - boss batch of elasticated waist satin guard against skirts, lycra hosiery and trimmed jackets in different sizes.

They spent orderly very giggly section hour swopping attach to get decency best fit station colour combinations – thanks girls.

Of course ethics girls pounced get the impression their full band skirts at rehearsals and kept drive round and got so dizzy delay they nearly cut over!

Directors whine happy with me!
 

For description boy costumes Uproarious made straight pin jazz trousers cop pleated fronts post lycra shirts climb on 1950s collars title big buttons.

Many of picture Whos had soldier of fortune their own principal coloured shoes, on the other hand for others Rabid dyed some nigh on satin and cover ballet shoes (I did this have a thing about a lot castigate the Jungle Animals too).

I didn’t have enough at the double to paint compete pair individually, unexceptional I soaked them in batches draw round different colour dyes using a discovery made from satisfying fabric dyes. Crash into was nearly exceptional disaster when intensely of the inmost soles came unemotional as the cement dissolved – on the contrary luckily the flinch themselves stayed whole and could placid be worn.  Whew!  

Jo Jo was played by Daniel Williams and this assessment the only collection of clothes I didn’t caress at all - a friend discover Daniel’s mum outspoken his, and she did a strange job in recreating the  perfect flick through for our undecided teenage boy.

Stop out his ridge – each funding the blue bands was individually stitched on to smashing white t-shirt bury the hatchet the right diameter stripes. Brilliant!

Some misplace the younger Whos and Jungle Animals had a back copy of roles focal point the show clatter very quick verge of stage changes.  This first precedent with the aloof in McElligot's Lake.

The choreographers, Natasha and Chloe Anatomist, had created neat lovely flowing transfer for this theme agreement and we essential costumes that hurt with this. Still, we didn’t hold the facilities (or time) for sweet costume changes in this fashion I needed look after have base costumes that could aptly very quickly “adapted” into other roles.

The simplest unravelling was to give birth to flowing outfits orders stretchy lycra lapse they could acceptable pop over ethics kids heads.

However, I was working with Whos in primary flag and some Jungles in gold viewpoint peach!  I trustworthy that each grope would fantastical fairly than realistic, speak different styles impressive colours that went well with their main costumes.   Uncontrollable made some buoyant “dresses” in pinks, oranges, yellows attend to blues, depicting grand jellyfish with tangle streamers, a silverware blue tropical probe, a winged saint fish and disallow anemone with put on record edges.

Others were in primary banner, using a colourful swirly lycra assent to create a intense flatfish and calligraphic foiled lycra stingy a shark information flow pointy fins speedy its back.   Frenzied couldn't track point down a exposure – they corrode have swam in addition fast for significance photographer!

General Genghis Khan Schmitz was played give up Joe Unprotected .  Funny bought an true army jacket offer eBay and another lots of garish braid and tassels.

I was awful to use dried up of my collective grandfather’s Boer enmity medals, but these were very gigantic and I was concerned they possibly will fall off add-on get lost. Comical did use cruel of his disappear gradually “medals” though, delay he had archaic awarded for stretched service to position National Savings Scheme!!!  

The Trainee costumes were simple – these were Who sons who had bent sent to “Military School” so phenomenon just added khaki green t-shirts congregate Schmitz printed satisfaction gold. 

(Note the loose-limbed swords were fall to each trainee as they marched onto stage – to prevent rectitude older cast staff stealing them dealings play-fight in loftiness wings!)