Costumes
The costumes in “Romeo and Juliet” played a very important role in establishing who each character was. Juliet, for example, always wore a white dress, which represents innocence and purity and youth, with black combat boots, insinuating that she is rebellious. Romeo wore a white v-neck shirt with a blazer, giving off a cool, young, hip vibe. Capulet wore a long, robe like suit jacket that was red and ornate, signifying both his rank and his old fashioned way of thinking. Lady Capulet wore a cheetah print outfit and a lot of pink, which I took to symbolize her desire to be young and reminded me of the mom’s we see in popular movies like “Mean Girls;” she just can’t relate to her daughter because she’s a little too caught up in herself. The costumes were not traditional or coordinated with each other in any way (they even crossed time periods) but I thought it worked.
