The Anniversary Party

Set Designer

Had I partaken as the role of costume designer in The Anniversary Party, I would have to consider the individual backgrounds of the attendees. While I would plan so that the majority would be clad in nice clothes, similar to clothing when going out to a recognized restaurant for dinner, and well groomed to the best of their abilities, I would avoid any loud colors. Given that it is a special occasion, muted colors including those of floral color would be more appropriate to not distract viewers from the important moments in the scene. There will be some tensions in scenes despite there being a reconciling between the couple, but originally, the clothing will have to be as if they had planning to spend a lovely night feigning polite smiles and enjoying themselves. 

I would have elected the clothing for women to include pleasant earth tones, long dress skirts, cardigans, soft floral patterns, dresses, and blouses ranging in the soft spectrum of colors. Low heels paired with non-attention-grabbing jewelry will be acceptable in their age. Nothing loud resembling a younger teenaged self would be present, save for possibly, in their childlike-demeanor. The men would either have a classy casual leather jacket, or nice jacket pair with pressed button-up dress shirt and pants.

As the night progresses and the drinks go around, the costumes would change mildly with jackets removed, rolled up sleeves or vests unbuttoned. The top few buttons on the dress shirts would be loosened to represent their gradual relaxation of character and original nervousness disappearing.