Proposal:

• Purple polyester proposal suit
  {For a detailed photo of the dress (and a pretty good view of Janet's purse), click here.}
  
  • Double-breasted, waist-length lavender boxy jacket with a pointed shirt-type collar, 6 large fabric-covered buttons (in two lines of 3), no cuffs, and a mid-thigh length A-line skirt. Try modifying a commercial sewing pattern; Janets I know have had good luck with Buttericks and Simplicity.
  • Jacket has princess seams into the armpits both front and back. The sleeves (slightly too short) are slightly gathered at the top (the "cap" or "crown"). For quick changing, make buttons decorative only and sew snaps underneath.
  • Skirt has a separate waistband. Silver zipper is on the left hip of the skirt, in the seam, though zipper is in back as Janet watches Brad run up the church steps. Both front and back of skirt consist of a flared center panel and 2 flared side panels (skirt has side seams--this is a "6 gore style").
• Pearl necklace
  Shows under the jacket collar. Pearls are silvery 8 mm. You'll never get them off in time. For the right look, buy beads, string a few inches, and stitch each end to velcro or a snap. Attach to jacket. Then you can remove them before laundering.
• White underwire cotton pushup bra
  • 2-hook back. Not stretch fabric. Bra MUST be pushup to look right. (Even if your breasts are bigger than Susan's, remember, it's not the size, it's how the bra shapes them.)
    Cups are trimmed with thin looped lace as is the bottom of the bra. There is a seam down the front of each cup and under each arm. Small decorative pink flower applique between cups.
  • The main body of the bra is attached to the back bra straps on each side with a small metal ring. Keep straps tight (adjuster buckles are pulled so tight they're on Janet's front!) so the bra rides up in back. Straps are shiny synthetic (nylon or polyester) edged with tiny loops ("picot").

Car/Rain Scene:

• Pink dress
  Fabric weave is a little coarse (not a knit). Wear under proposal suit to save time changing.
  • Round Peter Pan collar made of ~1/2" pink gingham (almost impossible to find), with seam ~1/4" from edge. The two round pieces of the collar do not meet in the middle; there is a space between them.
  • Dress is mid-thigh length with princess seams and skirt flares out from the waist. The bodice and skirt are two separate pieces which have been sewed together at the waist. Dress zips up the back. There are two small darts on each side running down from the waistline (not lined up with the trim), and there are two bust darts. Deep hem -- about 2".
  • Six white plastic 2-hole buttons (largeish; maybe 5/8"?) etched with a flower design run down the center front from neck to waist. A line of white scalloped trim runs along each side of the bust to the waist. (It looks sort of like little sideways U's on top of each other, with the rounded parts facing the sides of the dress.) I'm sorry, I don't have any good photos, but it's very easy to see on the big screen.
  • The waist is secured with a wide (~ 1.5") pink gingham belt with white cut-out circular plastic buckle. Buckle is matte and has a round cross-section.
  • Long sleeves, trimmed with gingham cuffs. Cuffs button (unbuttoned when Riff pulls the sweater off) and are about 2" wide. The button(s?) are on the outside of the cuff. Looks like 1-button.

Floor Show:

• Sequined black front-lace corset
  Very nice photo in the May 2005 Mick Rock calendar.
  Laces tie at the bottom (EXCEPT for Columbia). Black eyelets. Put a zipper in back to get in and out faster. The women's corsets are 13-eyelet corsets. Columbia's corset appears to be a 14-panel corset, with 6 strips of boning on each side. There aren't enough closeups of the others to be sure that they all are. Corsets fasten up the back with hooks (quite clear on Columbia; you can also see the gleam of them during Brad's solo). White lining is visible on Rocky's corset (check as Janet is finishing her floorshow solo).

  Sequins decorate both the top and bottom of the corset along the edges, with little dripping stalactites (from the top) and stalagmites (from the bottom). Janet's corset has more sequins along the bottom than coming down from the top, at least in front. The sequins are sparse on the sides; on the front and back of the corset the sequins are more closely spaced (but still show plenty of black space), spangled in a rough "dripping" hourglass shape, with the most sequins at the top and bottom, with very few, very spread out in the middle. Don't overdo it; a solid spool-shaped pattern of sequins on the front of a black corset looks very silly.

  There's a photo of the left side of Janet's corset here.