Period Corsets and our Tony Award Winning Designers

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How do you win a Tony? Include garments from Period Corsets, of course! Our corsets and petticoats were used in four 2017 Tony Award nominated plays and musicals: "Hello, Dolly!", "The Little Foxes," "A Doll's House - Part 2," and "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812". Of the four nominated costume designers, two of our clients won for Best Costumes in a Musical and a Play.

The fabulous Bette Midler won "Best Actress in a Musical" for "Hello Dolly!"

Well Helloooo Santo!

Congratulations to designer Santo Loquasto for his win of Best Costume Design of a Musical in "Hello Dolly!".

 Period Corsets constructed a dozen of our Late 19th c. Petticoats for the chorus of this fun Broadway revival. We customized our petticoats to their design specifications, adding elastic at the waistband and rearranging the fullness to accommodate kicks and twirls during dance numbers.

Late 19th c. Petticoat shown with and without a bustle worn underneath

Tiptoe through the tulips to the Tonys! Designer Jane Greenwood took home the award for Best Costume Design for a Play for her work on "The Little Foxes".

Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon in "The Little Foxes". Nixon won for Best Actress in a Play

Period Corsets sent two of our Tulip Petticoats, made in white twill, for lead actresses Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon to wear underneath their wonderful ensembles.

Tulip Petticoat 

His work on "A Doll's House, Part 2" garnered David Zinn a nomination for Best Costume Design of a Play. Period Corsets constructed our c.1890 Theodora corsets with added busks to provide under-costume shaping.

Design sketches by David Zinn for Nora, played by Laurie Metcalf who won for Best Leading Actress in Play

c. 1890 Theodora corset

 Also nominated for Best Costume Design of a Musical was designer Paloma Young for her work on "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812". For this raucous musical, they used two of our corset styles, the c.1880 Alice and c.1860 Julia with an added busk.

Tony Nominated "Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812"

c. 1880 Alice corset, shown here in black satin, paired with a short Peasant Petticoat

Congratulations to all of the 2017 Tony Award nominees and winners! For Period Corsets, it is always a thrill when our pieces are Broadway-bound! And it's even more exciting when our collaborators take home a nomination or a win!