Costumes

I choose to do my costume design blog on those that were used in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. I choose this production because I thought many of the costumes were very interesting. Such as the character of Lumiere, the candle, his costume had to have been very carefully thought out. Also, mostly all of the costumes that are used are very glamorous. Also The Beast’s costume is amazing in itself, with his thick facial features. When the musical originally starts out Belle is just a regular school girl bookworm dressed in a plain blue dress with her normal dog. Everything is just very plain in the beginning. Then when Belle meets The Beast he whole life gets turned upside down. Her dog turns into a footstool and she is held captive in a huge castle owned by The Beast. Another interesting character would be Cogsworth, he is the man who is turned into the clock. Also, how Mrs. Potts and Chip are brought to the stage is very original, I think. Mrs. Potts is dressed in an elaborate dress that has a stout on the one side to pour the tea and a handle on the other side, naturally because she is a tea pot. But even more interesting is how Chip is portrayed. The person who plays Chip is in a box, so you can not see their body, and all that you can see is their face. The rest of their head is covered by a little tea pot figurine. Then there is the feather duster whose costume is also very elaborate. She has a wide, duster- like, bottom to her dress as to depict the use of it being an actual duster. All in all, the costumes used throughout this play are all very elaborate and thought out, I think so at least.