I later wished I had folded the lapels to create a shawl collar look, but, once I had the sequins on I decided to leave it.

The first thing I did was sew the sequin ribbon on to the jacket. It is super easy to sew on, looks good on-stage, and washes well. This ribbon is readily available in chain craft stores. The silver sequin ribbon I had left over from another project.

I then found a white & silver dance dress I had purchased from a local consignment store in the Halloween clearance, and purchased a white shirt and black pants at a local church thrift store. My first major find was a grayish-silver shiny jacket at a Thrift store (I neglected to take a picture before I added the sequins). I did want to incorporate some of the components–ruffled shirt, tux style jacket, and a “style”. I decided early on not to go with pink–that just isn’t a color that is easily found in guy styled clothes.

In the costume plot in the Samuel French script (Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, 1972) he is described as wearing “Geranium pink slacks with dark pink stripes on the side, pink ruffled formal shirt, large cuff links, red bow tie, pink plaid tuxedo jacket with red satin lapels, white socks, pink and red two-tone wing tipped shoes, red cummberbund” (p. In the musical “Grease” Johnny Casino is a 1950’s rock-star who comes to town to sing at the big Dance Contest.

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