Bye Bye Birdie Costuming

YOUR GUIDE TO 1950's FASHION - CLICK HERE!

Albert

• Music Department will provide:

  • Sport coats

• Student should provide:

  • A few different pairs of dress pants

  • Neutral colored button-down shirts

  • Two-three ties or bow ties

  • Dress coat (peacoat or rain jacket)

  • Black dress shoes

Rosie

• • Music Department will provide:

    • Suit with skirt

    • Hat

  • Student should provide:

    • Dress coat (peacoat or rain jacket)

    • One-two 50's-style dresses (follow the link at the top of the page)

      • Make sure one is red!

    • Character shoes or black flats

Kim

• Music Department will provide:

  • 50's-style dresses or skirt/blouse outfit

• Students should provide:

  • Straight-leg jeans with the cuffs rolled up

  • Oversize sweater or plain sweatshirt

  • Baseball cap

  • Cardigans to match dresses

  • Nightgown and fuzzy slippers

  • Black flats

Mrs. MacAfee

• Music department will provide:

  • Apron

• Student should provide:

  • One-two 50's style dresses or skirt/blouse outfit

    • One "fancier" for Ed Sullivan scene

  • modest cotton nightgown and bathrobe (example below)

  • Character shoes or plain black heels

Mr. MacAfee

• Student should provide:

  • Dress pants

  • Button-down shirts

  • Ties or bow ties

  • Sweater-vest or button-up cardigan

  • Suit (for Ed Sullivan scene)

  • Pajama set (examples below)

  • Dress shoes

Randolph

• Music Department will provide:

  • Sport coat, if desired (for Ed Sullivan scene)

• Student should provide:

  • Khaki pants

  • Black pants

  • Sport shirt (your choice of color/pattern)

  • White dress shirt

  • Tie

  • Pajama set (example below)

  • Dress shoes

Mae Peterson

• Music Department will provide:

  • Fur coat

• Student should provide:

  • one or two 1950's style dresses (follow the link at the top of the page)

  • plain black heels or character shoes (see below)

Gloria Rasputin

• Student should provide:

  • a more scandalous 1950's style dress OR

  • leggings, a low(ish) cut top, and a tie-front cardigan

Example of costumes for Adult Chorus during "Kids (Reprise)"

Adult Women

• Student should provide:

  • one or two "everyday" outfits (follow the link at the top of the page)

    • 1950's style dress with cardigan OR

    • 1950's style top, full circle skirt, and cardigan

  • modest cotton nightgown and bathrobe

  • plain black heels or character shoes (see below)

Adult Men

• Student should provide:

  • one or two "everyday" outfits (follow the link at the top of the page)

    • dress shirt, tie, suit jacket or cardigan, and dress pants

  • matching pajama set and bathrobe

  • simple black or brown dress shoes, to match your pants

Conrad

• Music Department will provide:

  • gold rocker outfit

  • green Army outfit

  • leopard-print bathrobe

  • oversized women's coat

• Student should provide:

  • straight leg jeans

  • white/gray t-shirt

  • leather jacket

  • black matching pajama set

  • black dress shoes and (if possible) a pair of black & white Converse shoes

Teen Women

• Music Department will provide:

  • Conrad Birdie fan club buttons

  • red circle skirts for the "fan girls" in Scene 4

• Student should provide:

  • one or two "everyday" outfits (follow the link at the top of the page)

    • 1950's style dress with cardigan OR

    • 1950's style top, full circle skirt, and cardigan OR

    • straight leg jeans with rolled up cuffs and a blouse or oversized sweater

  • bobby socks

  • plain black flats OR "saddle shoes" made out of tennis shoes

  • **Fan Girls in Scene 4** - white cardigan, please!

Teen Men

• Student should provide:

  • one or two "everyday" outfits (follow the link at the top of the page)

    • sport shirt or sweater with khaki pants or straight-leg jeans

  • shoes

    • simple black or brown dress shoes, to match your pants OR

    • black and white Converse shoes (but not the high-top kind)

Need Character Shoes?

We use Capezio's 1.5" Student Footlight Style: 550

Shop for your size and the best price. Be sure to get black!

You may use the links below or travel to a brick and mortar store.

• Dancer's Pointe, W. Main Street, Hummelstown, PA (~$40)

• https://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_550_html?pid=104&shop=Brand&rfilter=Brand%23Capezio&SID=1336204464

• http://www.amazon.com/Capezio-Womens-Student-Footlight-Character/dp/B002CO49QS

• https://www.amazon.com/Capezio-Womens-Jr-Footlight-Character/dp/B0002RROA0/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1548378933&sr=1-1&nodeID=7141123011&psd=1&keywords=capezio%2B1.5%22&th=1&psc=1

• https://www.dancesupplies.com/Capezio-550-Adult-Jr-Footlight-Character-Shoes-Black.html