Stage Inspiration Archive

Movie-Musical Fashion: Sweeney Todd

Written by Shannon - Boston University on April 11, 201320 Comments

Photo credit If you watched the 2013 Oscars, you might have seen the fantastic tribute to a genre near and dear to my heart: that grand, spectacular thing called the movie musical. While there’s nothing quite as breathtaking as the experience of live theatre, musical films offer a different perspective and tend to have much [...]

Movie Inspiration: Fashion Inspired by Les Misérables

Written by Shannon - Boston University on December 30, 201233 Comments

Photo credit Every obsession must begin somewhere. With my love for musicals, that moment came at the tender age of 6, when a visiting relative accidentally left a cast recording of Les Misérables at my house. Though the sweeping themes of redemption, love, justice, freedom, and morality went right over my little head, I was smitten. [...]

Stage Inspiration: Fashion Inspired by Chicago

Written by Shannon - Boston University on August 31, 201217 Comments

Photo credit Broadway is back on College Fashion! We’ve decided to revive the Stage Inspiration column, which features outfits inspired by various musical theatre productions. This time, we’ll be looking at the musical Chicago and fashion inspired by costumes from the 2002 movie version starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, and Richard Gere. (In case you [...]

Stage Inspiration: Fashion Inspired by Hairspray

Written by Chelsea - University of Oklahoma on October 27, 201122 Comments

First it was the classic ’80s film starring Ricki Lake that was oh-so popular at my childhood slumber parties. Next, it was the musical, and the original cast soundtrack my showchoir friends and I loved to sing along to. Then, it was the 2007 film that solidified my obsession with Hairspray! So far, we’ve brought you fashion [...]