Silk Camisole | Tartan Midi Skirt
Fashion was just reeeaaalllyy on my mind during this year’s annual viewing of Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker. Maybe it was all the outfits catching my eye as we found our way to our seats…the floor-length sage dress that was definitely purchased from a bridesmaid catalogue (you’ll wear it again!). A blood red fur jacket. A velvet suit alongside his lady’s velvet bodycon dress (flounce sleeves to class it up a bit). A child in elbow-length silk gloves and I kid you not a hair bow the literal size of her head. My 11th grade homecoming dress.
So I was already in a rather fashion police-y mood by the time the curtains opened and sweet little Clare-bear made her entrance. Alas, Nutracker costume designer Robert Perdziola offers me very little in the way of fashion faux pases (did I pluralize that correctly?) and instead only masterpieces to literally drool over.
Here are the top 10 Nutcracker costumes, ranked:
10. Nutcracker Prince | The gold-encrusted military jacket is impressive and all, but I’ve included NP here based solely on the expert flaunting of his white tights. Can you IMAGINE the winter white possibilities should non-sheer white leggings actually be available to the public? Robert: Where does one purchase these and are they having an after-Christmas sale?
9. Arabian Female | There are a number of reasons I am fiercely jealous of whoever gets to dance this part and they don’t all have to do with the insane sculpting of her abdomen. Rather, her wide-leg pants look like they must be made of silk butter and she gets to wear dangly gold earrings when in my entire dance career I never got to sport so much as a stud. Like I literally had to time the day I got my ears pierced around that year’s performances. Do you know what it’s like to be the only 10-year-old in suburban Pennsylvania who still doesn’t have her ears pierced? Do you really?
8. Spanish Females | Skirt twirl factor = 100.
7. Reindeer | Beside the fact that reindeer are just very in right now (you heard it here first), there’s a lot to unpack here. Silver antlers, studded pants, fur trim. Not an easy lewk to pull off, but these kids are working in.
6. Nutcracker Bear | Is it my personal style? Lol no. Does he wear the hell out of it? Undoubtedly.
Boston Ballet in Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker; photo by Liza Voll, courtesy of Boston Ballet
5. Snowflakes | Because I have tried to make some version of this white tutu look work for the better part of the last 10 years and I have yet to nail it. Evidence.
(Also here.)
(Prime fashun blogging/overfiltering/creative titling days.)
4. Sugar Plum Fairy | While there is no shortage of titillating tutus in this performance, the Sugar Plum Fairy’s comes out on top, including but not limited to the fact that it contains over 3,600 jewels and Perdziola hand-tipped every SP tutu with gold paint. And I complained when I had to hand address a few Christmas cards.
3. Clara’s Outerwear | I truly have nothing witty to say about this beyond the fact that upon leaving the theater I immediately added “floor-length blue coat” and “faux fur muff” to my Christmas list.
2. Pages | Truth, I’m not sure if it’s really the outfits that get me here or just the fact that the baby pages are the cutest gosh darn creatures to ever grace the Opera House’s stage. Side note: This year’s Boston Ballet School students are more adorable than EVER.
1. Mother Ginger | You know how when you compliment a girl on her dress nine times out of ten her response is “thanks, it’s from TJ Maxx” or “thanks, it has pockets”? Mother Ginger is the only one who can up that with “thanks, it’s vintage and can hold 8 small children.”
Boston Ballet in Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker; photo by Liza Voll, courtesy of Boston Ballet
Voila, and congrats to all the winners.
Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker is playing at the Boston Opera House through December 30th – be there or be square! xx
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