Taylor Louderman (Sandy Dumbrowski)
“I was obsessed with Hollister, that whole beach look. And I totally popped the collar—gross.”
Bobby Conte Thornton (Danny Zuko)
“I was starting to rock the quaffed hair—a lot of hairspray, a lot of hair gel—but I used to grow it out and out and out. I realize I probably looked like a Yeti.”
Morgan Weed (Betty Rizzo)
“My signature look was not cool, so Rizzo is a big change for me. I was president of my class, head of a lot of clubs, and did a lot of dorky reading with my glasses in the corner, so my signature look was a plain white Gap t-shirt and Gap jeans.”
Telly Leung (Teen Angel)
“Growing up in Brooklyn back in the ‘90s, my signature Telly look was big JNCO jeans half-way down my butt and giant t-shirts, I wore like an XXL Champion or Starter t-shirt, and high-top Nikes. And when I think back to that time I think, ‘right, my giant clothes that don’t fit.’”
Tommy Bracco (Sonny)
“I’m from Staten Island so things are very different out there. It’s all about the name brands Burberry, Versace, Prada; but like you really can't afford that, so you buy a lot of Diesel or the cheapest Burberry shirt that was on sale for $25 to make it look like you have this great style and a lot of money, but you really don’t.”
Robin De Jesús (Doody)
“I was a walking hate crime. I went through this lime green phase, where I bought nothing but bright lime green shirts. And seriously one time at church choir, this guy had an epileptic seizure and he said it was because of my shirt. Then I also had pajama days where I would walk in with rubber ducky pajamas and a sweater; I looked like a lesbian.”
Shane Donovan (Kenickie)
“I went to a catholic school for 12 years of my life, so I was always wearing a sweater and a tie. I was always clean-shaven. In high school if you weren’t clean-shaven, Brother Paul would make you shave in school. You always had to be in tip, top shape.”Tess Soltau (Marty)
“Well I went to a school called Kings Academy, where Christ is King—not even kidding. So I was in a uniform: a blue button down shirt and a beige skort, and the skort was always a little bit shorter than it should have been. And that was my signature look, unfortunately.”
Leela Rothenberg (Jan)
“This is really embarrassing. I wore sweatpants and t-shirts, but theatre t-shirts like Wicked and Spelling Bee. Everyday. And I didn't think it was weird at all…”
Dana Steingold (Frenchy)
“I graduated in 2002 and we were obsessed with Clueless and Mean Girls, so it was pin-straight hair— I would spend hours in the bathroom flat ironing my hair which is already pretty much straight—and there was always a chunky heel or wedge. And there were those knee-high boots from Clueless that were so cool at the time, that now make me want to die. I thought I looked awesome.”
Matt Wood (Roger)
“I was a horrible dresser. I liked to wear really chunky shorts and band shirts and plaid pretty much every day.”
Eloise Kropp (Patty Simcox)
“I was the match queen: Gap head-to-toe and I was OCD about matching the shoes, the socks, everything.”
Sean Patrick Doyle (Eugene)
“I was 4’10 when I entered high school, I was really, really small, so my look was clothes that didn’t fit me.”
'Grease' runs at the Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ through June 29.
