Costume Needs

let's use this as a "to do" list of sorts -- feel free to update it!
These are just design-like thoughts -- our reality may be different, but this is how I see our characters -- feel free to open up a dialogue on this (Albrecht, I think that [insert character] is more [whatever], and must wear a [feather boa]...)

NEWLY ADDED (1/9/06): Ladies -- check these out! ebay search
too expensive (mostly) and lots already sold out (argh) but worth a peek: vintageous clothing

• Ladies: late 1950/early 1960 party dresses.
  Specifically --
  Ann: most conservative, button downed of the group
  Helen: button down coordinated, with some "fun" accessories (she doesn't know who she is!) -- "what's this paradise all about?"
  Sally: most JC Penny-ish (new money, not old style money) dress. Wants to jump into Paradise, afraid of paradise
  Alice: trendy, hip 1960
  Elizabeth: wilder, could be a print, or (my preference) lots of gypsy-like flowing gauze chiffony-material. The idea that Elizabeth is a gypsy at heart keeps coming back to me.

• Gents: late 1950/early 1960 dinner jackets. White button shirts, thin ties, jackets in varying colors from cremes to lights henley blues or tans. See for sure James Bond -- impeccable in what we're looking for. Here's a catch -- the gent's look should somehow compliment their respective lady's dress (women typically coordinated these things back in the day)
  Stylistically --
  Chuck: Buttoned down and ready to be promoted. If E has a print, does Chuck's tie match?
  JB: we can go one of two ways -- either a less masculine look, or something that is completely detached from the wife's outfit. Either way, this couple doesn't match up -- neither should their outfits.
  the Colonel: we could go with a formal military jacket (they had dinner jackets for formal occasions), or we could go with the goofy Noreiga Panamanian shirts (short sleeved with a funky cut, usually in a cream color and never tucked in.)
  Oliver: tastefully dressed, probably in cremes with definately with a tie (although do we want to go through the looking for a creme jacket headache again, Logan?)
  Peter -- straight laced and most conservative of the bunch, but with the tie and collar loosened by the time we meet him on stage.

Check out these links for immediate ideas:

American Vintage Classic dresses 1960's
American Vintage Classic dresses 1950's
American vintage shirts
SOHO show @ geocities
Costume Gallery