Crucible Fashion -- Puritanism Meets 1950's

Here are some fashion sketches of costumes designed for the 2006 production of The Crucible at Indiana University. Here's the explanation:

Kathryn Garlick’s costumes work with the silhouettes of the period of the Salem witch trials, but they are not specifically of the period itself. The silhouette of the New England dresses, for instance, show up in fashion designs of the 1950's and other eras. The men’s clothing, too, varies and does not reflect any one period, while still suggesting the tone and style of the dress in 1690. The design attempts both to reflect the period of the play, while helping to move the characters and their actions beyond the specific historical moment. Like the scenic design and like the play itself, the costumes try to support the idea that the theatrical experience may work as metaphor, that the experience of The Crucible may tell multiple stories simultaneously, as poetry performed.

Click here to view all the character fashion plates. Your judgment?