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The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

William Ivey Long said it's the red dress in "Hello, Dolly!"

I think more people might recognize The Phantom costume and the mask.

What other costumes do you think people look at and can identify the show right away?
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: Hair 09:17 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

I agree with Long -- the red dress in Dolly.
Followed by the red dress in Annie
The Phantom Mask is an icon, but that's not really a costume, and I think his outfit is generic opera formal
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South Pacific
Posted by: aleck 09:14 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

Mary Martin's over-sized sailor costume.
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re: Patti as Eva wearing...
Last Edit: SidL 10:06 pm EDT 08/19/17
Posted by: SidL 10:01 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: South Pacific - aleck 09:14 pm EDT 08/19/17

....the "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" gown


image linked:
Link Digital Collection NYPL
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Last Edit: DistantDrumming 07:48 pm EDT 08/19/17
Posted by: DistantDrumming 07:47 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

Daniel Sunjata....




(okay, it was a play)
Link ... in Take Me Out
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: Naughty_Rob 09:11 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - DistantDrumming 07:47 pm EDT 08/19/17

Howling

Howling

HOWLING!!!!!

Wink
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: showtunetrivia 08:15 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - DistantDrumming 07:47 pm EDT 08/19/17

LOL!

Laura
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: FleetStreetBarber 07:32 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

Mary Martin's "Peter Pan" costume and Little Orphan Annie's red dress come to mind, but one of my personal favorites was Robert Mackintosh's white dress for Angela Lansbury after Mame Dennis's husband Beau dies falling off the Matterhorn. Vera, of course, wore black!
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: Dr._L 05:50 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

Perhaps Rafiki in The Lion King or Grizabella in Cats or Cassie in A Chorus Line.

Each design is iconic.
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The voluminous lavender satin dress for Anna in The King and I
Posted by: jeffef 05:43 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

Broadway, Movie, at my regional theatre, recent revival. For HD movie it was gold so not that iconic for a lot of people?
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Good call. (nm)
Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 07:00 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The voluminous lavender satin dress for Anna in The King and I - jeffef 05:43 pm EDT 08/19/17

nm means naughty molasses!!!!!
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re: Good call. (nm)
Posted by: kmmsu 11:55 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: Good call. (nm) - GrumpyMorningBoy 07:00 pm EDT 08/19/17

This is fun
Apart from some of those immediate thoughts that I shared (Annie's dress for sure)..
Could the leather jackets and pink ladies jackets in Grease work?
The hair in Hairspray?
A Cats leotard?
Tevye's costume?
Maria's nun outfit?

I keep picturing an ad campaign with the costume pieces on a white chair. If I could recognize the show with just those articles of clothing, does it tell me?
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: tocop 05:37 pm EDT 08/19/17
In reply to: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - Naughty_Rob 04:30 pm EDT 08/19/17

Speaking of William Ivey Long, here's one for me.
Link Anita Morris in Nine
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re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER
Posted by: Thom915 01:07 am EDT 08/20/17
In reply to: re: The most iconic costume design in musical theatre- EVER - tocop 05:37 pm EDT 08/19/17

Eliza Doolittle's initial costume in "My Fair Lady" and the Ascot Ball costumes later in the musical.
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