![]() They are designed with velcro along the outside of the pants, giving them the ability to be ‘rip off pants’. No one wants to watch a stripper who can’t get his pants off.Įarly scenes in Welcome to Chippendales depict inexperienced male dancers struggling to remove their pants during performances.Our tear away ‘Cargo Pants’ are made to last. Thankfully, by the time the strippers and their signature collars and cuffs make their New York City debut in the fifth episode, it is a polished showcase ready to take the world by storm, one metallic G-string at a time. The Hulu limited series chronicles the unexpected rise of the Chippendales troupe of exotic dancers in the late ’70s and early ’80s through the people behind the scenes who helped create an empire. ![]() Key to that was innovative costume designer Denise (Juliette Lewis), who comes up with a failsafe breakaway technique that turns awkward undressing into lightning-quick disrobing. It became Welcome to Chippendale’s real-life costume designer Peggy A. Schnitzer’s challenge to bring that era’s fashion-not just sexy dancers’ outfits-to life, providing the heart of this twisted story about an American Dream that slowly transforms into a true-crime saga. Schnitzer spoke with The Daily Beast’s Obsessed about capturing this period of excess, how New York style contrasts with the L.A. look and the challenges of constructing the Chippendales' easy-to-remove attire. ![]() “ we used regular clothes, and they took their pants off, but once we started doing the breakaway pants, every pair of pants was made specifically for each dancer,” Schnitzer says, talking about the pivotal custom-made garment. Ditto for every performance G-string.Ĭreating the tearaway clothes was Schnitzer’s most significant challenge, as she doesn’t have a background in musical theater or dance and these pants needed to “work functionally and still look good.” The solution? Schnitzer sought advice from a colleague with experience in this field: none other than the costume designer for Magic Mike and its sequel, Magic Mike XXL, Chris Peterson. (Talk about going to the expert…) “I'm gonna save you hours of tears and frustration,” Schnitzer recalls Peterson telling her. While it was still a process of trial and error to design efficient rip-away pants-while still looking good-Peterson advised her about “the types of fabrics that would work better.” Two types of performance pants are required for different purposes. Stretch is needed to accommodate the vigorous dancing and thrusting moves, while rigidity is necessary to pull off the big G-string reveal. Structured material combined with snap tape maintains the tension for the breakaway portion, which needs to hold together to avoid popping open too early. “They put their thumb in and pull forward they don’t just come off.” “Then we had to figure out how much you’re going to use, because there are stress points on the body-around someone’s butt, on their hips-and they have to work it,” Schnitzer says. Not all of the show’s dances and performance themes are exact recreations of what the original Chippendales did, but they were all inspired by the classic routines.
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