The descriptions here are not perfect; this is a work in progress. Remember, if what's on this list doesn't look like what's on-screen, go with what's on-screen. This list is NOT "definitive" and is intended as a convenience to people assembling costumes, not the word of God. If you think you notice a mistake or just want to chat about costuming, please email me. (If you see something that is wrong/incomplete, it would really help if you tell me which scene I can see the detail in question.) I am happy to talk with anyone so long as a tone of mutual respect is maintained.

All mistakes on this list are my own--nothing goes onto the site until I have verified it with my own eyes.

A note about the DVD: it really has changed everything. Now everyone can have access to high-quality stills. If you want to do serious detail work, buy a copy. I bought a DVD player just for this release, and I don't regret it a bit. Make sure you get a DVD player with zoom capabilites. If you're looking for DVD software for your computer, I recommend PowerDVD; it has screen capture capabilities and frame advance. Several of my friends have also been happy with it.

How To Use This List
This list is intended for fans who want to recreate the costumes from the movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
If you are costuming a production of the play "The Rocky Horror Show," I can't stop you from using this website for reference. But I can strongly encourage you to do what Sue Blane did and costume the play using your own original ideas, or, if you must, using her designs as a jumping-off point instead of slavishly copying them. Please leave that to us fans.

• If you want to know what costume pieces a character wears, go to that character's page.
• If you want to know how to make yourself up like a character (including tattoos), visit the Makeup by Character and Tips & Tricks page.
• If you are wondering how to find costume pieces or want general tips on making costumes or costume care, visit the Costume & Prop Tips & Tricks page.
• If you are looking for specific websites which sell shoes, gloves, etc. or want to find people who will make costumes for you, visit our Links page.
• If you don't see what you're looking for, or you think you've found a mistake or omission, by all means email me. Please do check out any details you write about before emailing me, though; if you haven't bothered to check the detail, why should I?

Thank you,
Ruth

What's New

What's Coming Up - What's Not Coming Up
COMING UP--comments and photos about Columbia's bustier and Rocky's boa (many thanks to Larry Viezel!)
Photos of Frank's floorshow shoe

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Special notice: Correctly-colored Columbia bustier fabric available!
In 1999, Kim Shafer, faced with the impossibility of finding correctly-colored multisequin material, had a bolt MADE and offered it for sale to Rocky fans. It went in less than 2 months. Since then, Larry Viezel has periodically had additional bolts custom-made. Price is $40 a yard; custom is expensive. http://www.homeofhappiness.com/fabric has the details.

I'm not associated with this, and have no financial interest in people buying it. I just figured anal retentive Columbias should know.

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Costuming Plug: Mick Rock Calendars, and A Coffee Table Book
The Mick Rock calendars are highly recommended for costume work. Mick Rock took a slew of photos on the set with a very good camera; serious costumers have been discovering new things even when we own mass-reproduced 8x10s of some of the same photos. (As someone grumbled when he previewed some of the photos at the 2005 Las Vegas convention, "Oh, great, we all get to redo our Riff costumes.")

The majority of these photos can be seen in the 2005 coffee table book "Mick Rock: Rocky Horror," which features over 300 photos. You can order the non-limited edition bilingual German/English $99 version at http://www.mickrock.com. However, it's cheaper from amazon.de (Amazon.com's German branch) - about $60 with shipping, depending on the value of the Euro. (If your German's good, individual sellers list used copies there for a lot less.) A more affordable US paperback version was supposed to come out in 2006, but whether it ever will is uncertain. If you're a serious costume freak, order it. If $60 is outside your price range, just keep buying those calendars...

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Close-up photos of actual film costumes:
Frank's dinner corset. In October 2000, my husband and I won Frank's dinner corset from the film, which was auctioned off at the 25th anniversary. Many thanks to Jaimie Froemming and Mark Becknauld, who photographed it for us and who floated us a small loan.

Frank's jacket, as it looks today (we think) (external link): A gentleman named Mike Scott owns what is probably Frank's original jacket, purchased at auction from the 59 Club, and he's been kind enough to put up a website with photos of it. If it isn't the original, it's a damn good reproduction. The jacket has been refurbished (in which process some of the original patches were lost), the leather repaired, and the badges cleaned. Some items have broken over the years, notably the zipper pulls. Mike will also make you a reproduction jacket, if you have the means...

Rocky's trunks in gory detail and in color!: Some wonderful fans from South Carolina went and took a bunch of close-up pictures of Rocky's trunks at the Hard Rock Cafe in Myrtle Beach. (Thanks, Dawn!) The external link's been dead, so we're displaying some of them here, in addition to a few I shot.
Keep in mind that Sue Blane says she thinks Rocky had several pairs (the gold wore off very quickly). But these photos are as close as we'll probably ever get to definitive. Magenta's sleeve pleats: New photo showing the sleeve pleats.
Eddie's belt: New photo showing the lizardskin texture
Columbia's shorts: New closeup photos of the front right side.
Color of Rocky's rhinestone R: we give up. Sue says there were several pairs. Black and white image and description of rhinestone colors from an auction catalog. (Thanks to Larry Viezel!)
Magenta's dinner dress: new photo and description of how it's assembled.

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Close-up photos of Belasco (1975 Broadway) costumes:
NOT FROM THE FILM - Frank's red floorshow corset and the yellow sequin gauntlet. Also a platform shoe, a red sequin gauntlet and a fishnet gauntlet. At the same auction where my husband and I purchased Frank's dinner corset, we also purchased costumes from the original Broadway production at the Belasco: Frank's floorshow corset, fishnet and yellow sequin gauntlet, and underwear; as well as a red sequin floorshow gauntlet I was told was Brad's. While these costumes weren't in the film, they look very similar and I presume they'll be of interest, so photographs will be posted here eventually. Yes, I have finally started to post photos!

I have since acquired Frank's Belasco shoe from the same auction. I'll try not to make it another five years before those photos get posted.

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Frank
Janet	Brad
Riff	Magenta
Columbia	Rocky
Eddie	Dr. Scott
Crim	Trixie

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