Costume ideas

This post is mainly for the benefit of Kerby and Kim. I've started collecting pictures of some costume ideas for Red Chief. As I read the script, I realized that the setting being in Alabama is not really "western." I'm not sure that we can use very many of the skirts we used for Fiddler. We could possibly use them for the little girls, make a simple matching blouse, then have them wear a pinafore over the skirt and blouse. As you can see, skirt lengths for little girls are about mid-calf to just below the knee. I thought that the long apron might be a good idea for Mrs. Dooley (if we have a female shopkeeper). The one picture shows what farm women wore in that era, contrast with the Gibson Girl look. Maybe our "teen" girls could be dressed in this Gibson look, I was thinking with fancy hats--I'm sure they were as fashion conscious as girls are today. How do you like my idea for Sam? This guy looks pretty creepy, but I like the way the long black coat makes him look tall and thin. I was thinking that Bill is his opposite, and whether or not we get a portly Bill, we can dress him to look a little sloppy and pudgy. I haven't found a picture yet, but if you have a female Widow Dorset, we could dress her in the black dress the wicked witch wore in Oz, and add a white lacy collar that I found was popular at that time. I was thinking she could were a rather practical looking old-fashioned bonnet, also. I think we could put cowboy hats of straw, brown, and black on the little boys, and little straw hats and/or big bows on the little girls. So what do you think?