The Disney Look - PART TWO
Today I am sharing part two from a series of scans from our friend Sue B, who acquired a copy of a 1987 edition of a cast member grooming and costuming guide. I like to wear pajamas out in public, but you can't do that at Disneyland. Not even a track suit!
We left off in the middle of learning about the "dos" and "donts" of costuming (for hosts) . I love details such as hats needing to be worn "two fingers above the eyebrows". I have very slim fingers! You can't wear your mirrored aviator sunglasses, it makes people uneasy, especially when they ask you a question and you just stare at them silently, until they slink away in shame. Another mention of facial hair reminds me that we have seen vintage photos of some CMs with mustaches, usually in Frontierland (Stagecoach drivers and such).
Costume guidelines for the ladies! That orange jumpsuit makes the gal in the top photo look like she's ready to hop on the next space shuttle. All systems nominal! I think it's funny that the wearing of pins for the Red Cross, United Way, or Junior Achievement" are forbidden.Who would wear those, anyway? Apparently women can't shave their heads - yes, this is1987, and they'd had to deal with the punk era. Most of the rules seem pretty easy to follow, although I do like a nice wig once in a while.
Wow, they've thought of everything. Blushers! Eye makeup! Lipstick! Perfume (and deodorant)! Fingernails and jewelry! And so on. Skirt length, wouldn't that be the responsibility of the costume department? A lot of the other info seems essentially the same as for men. That lady with the 3D glasses must be from "Captain EO", I suppose this must have been an incredibly popular attraction when it was new (it had debuted in 1986)?
Even more general costume guidelines; again, most rules are essentially the same as the ones for men. Looking at the pretty balloon vendor in the bottom photo, I believe that she may have appeared in a similar photo with Bu?
Oh, here we go! The Man telling me that my long golden Fontleroy curls are not acceptable! Who's that guy in the first photo? Did they have an on-site barber? Please cut out and memorize the diagram at the bottom for the next time you go to Supercuts.
Do you want a taper? It can be high, medium, or low. What more could you possibly want? Based on a recent park visit, these standards are no longer in use!
That's it for part two! Stay tuned for part three. THANK YOU, Lou and Sue!
3 comments:
Major-
After looking thru the acceptable hair styles, I see my dreams of becoming a cast member have been nixed. All those dotted lines circumnavigating the head makes me a bit nervous, as if the lines are suggestions as to where to 'piece my cranium'-!!
Also, I don't trust a barber who has shutters in his barbershop.
Thanks to Sue.
For the gals, hair barrettes must be gold, sliver or tortoise shell in color. Seems like black or white should also be acceptable, but I guess not.
The male haircut guideline illustrations seem kinda sketchy to me... Get It? Sketchy... because they're sketches. Hahahahaha! I dunno, the guy's haircut in the illustrations looks pretty much the same in all the images to me. Hard to tell what is, and is not, acceptable, or what the text is referring to. By this time (1987) guys were wearing their hair fairly short anyway so there probably weren't very many guys coming in with unacceptable hair styles. Seems doubtful that some guy with 'hippy hair' would be applying at the Park anyway.
An interesting, and somewhat confusing (or confounding) read. Thank you, Sue, and Major too.
Disneyland certainly did have its own barbershop : CAST CUTTER’S. For all employees . Quite collectible today are the different appointment time cards issued to employees that acted as a sort of reservation card.
The hair diagram illustrations in this Disney Look edition as well as the previous editions going back to 1976, and later versions till about 1990 were done by Tom Peirce : who was the main designer of all operation costumes for Disneyland , Walt Disney World , Tokyo Disneyland and EPCOT CENTER. He also designed audio animatronic costumes like Country Bear Jamboree, Carousel of Progress, RCA Home of Future Living, World of Motion , Spaceship Earth, Horizons , It’s A Small World Tokyo Disneyland , Paris and Phantom Manor.
While costuming would dictate the appropriate skirt length in the design of the costume , I know that in the late 60’s when the official Disney creative costuming design team was assemble to start designing WDW costumes and wardrobe standards for both parks , had a issue at Disneyland- specifically with waitresses doing temporary hemming to their dresses uses pins and sewing clips while on shift…. Which probably necessitated the mention in the Disney Look Guide. Although off hand I don’t have the details , a similar thing was happening with the men in 1972 with the Bear Country “boatsmen” shirts and their historic sleeves that filled out past the elbow. How the male castmembers temporarily altered this sleeve look I don’t know , but through interviews and costuming documentation it was an issue back then.
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