alison Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I thought we'd had a related thread, but can't find it, so hey ho, I'll start a new one, prompted by the current Manon thread. Are there any ballet costumes you really covet? (Don't worry, you don't actually have to wear them!) Ones which spring to my mind instantly are: - Manon's black dress with gold embroidery in the second act of the Royal Ballet's Manon. - Empress Elisabeth's dress in the family soiree scene in Mayerling - same colour, same embroidery (I think), same designer! - Albrecht's costume in Act II of the Royal Ballet's Giselle. - The inky blue Jasper Conran tutus in Bintley's Tombeaux. - Maybe Lise's wedding outfit in La Fille Mal Gardee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 There's a wonderful hat in Manon. Can't remember if its worn by the mistress or by the other lady but its terrific. I'm also a bit partial to Oberon's costume (especially when Alexander Campbell is wearing it!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 How about worst costumes while we're at it? I'll nominate Macrae's grey underpants in the recent Twyla Tharp. Prize for most fuss about nothing goes to Erdem. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 If we're going for worst costumes, I definitely think we'd need a separate thread! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizbie1 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 16 minutes ago, alison said: Maybe Lise's wedding outfit in La Fille Mal Gardee And not only do I love Colas' embroidered waistcoat, I like his yellow breeches too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Ooh what a great thread! I agree with Manon’s black dress, and also Titania’s dress in the Dream....Alice’s lilac dress with puffy sleeves that she wears at the beginning, and Margeurite’s white fringed dress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Penelope, did you never see Ed Watson do Oberon?! I'd have thought the costume looked better on longer-limbed dancers. I was considering that one as well, and Titania's too, but am not so sure how they look up close. Okay, I think maybe M&A may have influenced this thread as well. Maybe either the white dress or the red one, but I'm not totally convinced I'm covetous about them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Yuhui’s Swan Lake PDT dress please 😌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Was she the pink one or the yellow one? I’m thinking pink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 25 minutes ago, alison said: Okay, I think maybe M&A may have influenced this thread as well. Maybe either the white dress or the red one, but I'm not totally convinced I'm covetous about them A friend who I took to see M&A a few years ago said she’d gladly get married in the lilac nightie! (She got married last year - not in a lilac nightie). I rather love Juliet’s balcony-scene slip. But suffice to say that as a busty 39-year-old the thought of actually wearing it is hilarious. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Clara's mother's red frock in the first act of BRB's Nutcracker. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxDaveM Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 think my favourite costumes (not for me wearing I hasten to add) are the women's costumes in Symphonic Variations. So simple and elegant. For ka-pow effect - the scarlet dress for Zen and Laura in Symphonic Dances recently. I have always wanted to ask the dancers this question actually - or a similar question - which costume have they worn that they would like to wear out for an evening 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Oh my gosh great thread...... but any costume from Month in the Country for starters .....though the costumes from some of my other favourite ballets are not always ones I like particularly. Though do rather like Titania's one too ....though personally I have to say I'd look totally ridiculous in it!! Need to have a think and unfortunately won't have IPad till Wednesday now so by then I'm sure some of you will have jogged my memory od some lovely cozzies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, zxDaveM said: tI have always wanted to ask the dancers this question actually - or a similar question - which costume have they worn that they would like to wear out for an evening I might hazard a guess that you wouldn't get too many positive responses from the men 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelm Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) Great question! I love ballet costumes so much! All of my favourites are from The Royal Ballet: definitely the Sugar Plum Fairy's tutu, Titania's dress from The Dream, Gamzatti's red costume from the end of La Bayadere, the lead female's costume in Prince of the Pagodas in the earlier acts- that's divine! Most of the dresses in Mayerling (except Mitzi's). Edited May 14, 2018 by Rachelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelm Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 25 minutes ago, RuthE said: I rather love Juliet’s balcony-scene slip. But suffice to say that as a busty 39-year-old the thought of actually wearing it is hilarious. Same!! Except I'm 38! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Marguerite’s red dress. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 26 minutes ago, Two Pigeons said: Clara's mother's red frock in the first act of BRB's Nutcracker. 6 minutes ago, Rachelm said: Gamzatti's red costume from the end of La Bayadere Ooh yes! (Do you get the feeling I have a thing about the colour red? ) Definitely not wearing the Gamzatti costume, though - wouldn't want to inflict my midriff on the general public 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, alison said: I might hazard a guess that you wouldn't get too many positive responses from the men Oh I don’t know, an Elite Syncopations outfit might come in handy if I wanted to do a triathlon 🤣 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, Rob S said: Oh I don’t know, an Elite Syncopations outfit might come in handy if I wanted to do a triathlon 🤣 I'm not sure about the one-star-on-each-buttock aspect of some of those costumes! As if to say "Here Is My Buttock And Here is My Other Buttock". Mine are prominent enough as it is... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riva Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Great thread! Agreed Marguerite’s red dress is gorgeous. I also love The Young Girl’s dress in RB’s The Two Pigeons - simple but very pretty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 what a lovely thread! I always fancied Tyrennio's cloak as worn by Alexander Grant - don't know what later ones have been like. But my recent passion is for Madame 's dress in Manon Act2, although pretty silly I'd look doing the cat litter tray while wearing it! Husband always fancied the male lead costume in Elite - but the thought of it still sends me into unseemly giggles .Agree totally with Penelope Simpson' s comments about her likes and dislikes and would like to add costumes for women in Act 2_of Anastasia and Bonelli showing how to look particularly handsome in evening dress in the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) I think the costumes in Manon are all gorgeous - the Courtesans' in particular - except for the colours. Yellows and oranges just don't do it for me. I often (in any ballet set in a period with floor-length dresses) like the non-dancing costumes (e.g. Madame's) better than those designed to be danced in en pointe; the knee-length "period costume" always looks a bit odd to me. Edited May 14, 2018 by RuthE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1. Daisy's Tango dress in David Nixon's Great Gatsby 2. The flowing jacket that Jordan wears in Great Gatsby 3. The 40/50s costumes in David Nixon's A Midsummer Night's Dream 4. I'll fight 2 Pigeons for Clara's Mother's red dress in act 1 of BRB's Nutcracker 5. Manon's black dress in act 2 6. Marguerite's red, white and black dresses 7. The ladies' Edwardian dresses in the party scene of David Nixon's Swan Lake Great topic Alison! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 RB's Juliet's nightie/slip, Clara's nightie - I love those flowy, floaty chiffon skirts. The ENB Wilis' costumes in Mary Skeaping's Giselle - so pretty with their jewellery. The old Lilac Fairy tutu (the one that was actually Lilac) from RB's Sleeping Beauty before their costume "upgrades". Sugar Plum's tutu and Rose Fairy's tutu from RB's Nutcracker. Lise's dresses from Fille. Not that I could *wear* any of the above; they're just so pretty. ☺️ Oh - almost forgot - Tatiana's red dress from Onegin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm365 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Not for me personally, but I love Lescaut's black costume - and how good most of the men wearing it look in it! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Oh, I forgot - the yellow/white/cream dresses that the pd6 ladies wear in Sir Peter Wright's Giselle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMC Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Marguerite's red and black dresses. I love all those lovely wafting dresses worn by the Tsarina and her daughters in the first act of Anastasia. And I seem to recall a thread where Tatiana's brown dress at the end wasn't too popular - but I love it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I really like the girl’s cream dress in The Invitation, and Clara’s Nutcracker dress. Manon’s act 1 dress is also really dreamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthE Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 34 minutes ago, BMC said: I love all those lovely wafting dresses worn by the Tsarina and her daughters in the first act of Anastasia. I was thinking about those too! They have lovely hats as well, unless I'm thinking of something else. I also love the aforementioned Month in the Country costumes. I also really have a soft spot for the Scottish national dress in ENB's Sylphide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 hours ago, alison said: Penelope, did you never see Ed Watson do Oberon?! I'd have thought the costume looked better on longer-limbed dancers. I was considering that one as well, and Titania's too, but am not so sure how they look up close. Okay, I think maybe M&A may have influenced this thread as well. Maybe either the white dress or the red one, but I'm not totally convinced I'm covetous about them No, but my mouth is watering at the thought 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I also love the Elizabethan costumes in Woolf Works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 In my dreams, Suzanne Farrell's dress from the last scene in Vienna Waltzes - the ultimate balldress; for more everyday wear, I rather fancy the Hostess's dress from Les Biches - might need to pop a little cardie over it though, at my age. And the pearls as well, please. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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