Fashion Expert Fact Checks Grease's Wardrobe | Glamour

Fact Check "That 70's Show"

I like how the historian wears things similar or in inspiration of what she's covering (even if it isn't done purposely)

2:21 it's also worth pointing out that Sandy's original name in the stage production was Sandra Dombrowski, so "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" has a double meaning that gets lost with the name change of the film.

Yeah so can the historian just adopt me? Her style is impeccable

Is everyone forgetting that danny was changing for her too?? They met in the middle.

Fact Check: That 70's Show

I thought the whole point of Grease was that both of them believed they had to change to appeal to the other. It wasn't just Sandy, the main message was that they could be together by being themselves... Haven't watched the movie in a while though...

fun fact: sandys name in the musical is sandy dumbrowski but they had to change it to olsen for the movie because of olivia’s australian accent!! musical theatre nerd who played frenchy recently!

I love how the expert says how accurate the outfits are, and then the artist does their own thing. The expert explains the Peter Pan collar and how the pointed collar was more for "bad girls" and the artist proceeds to draw a pointed collar on the "accurate" version. And what is up with that weird button-up skirt after spending a few minutes going over the Poodle skirt?

I can't get enough of these fact checks. In the words of that famous song..."tell me more!"

My grandma said they DID wear tight pants in the 1950s, however they weren’t sold that way. My grandma (and other “bad girls”) would get the tightest fitting jeans they could find, then sit in a bath tub (fully dressed) of hot water then let the jeans dry to their figure. They also worse jeans so small on the waist they had to lay on their beds and pull the zipper up with wire hangers!

Fact check Mad Men and The Great Gatsby please!

12:22 I want to address/defend the "Sandy Transformation Controversy" part of the film- consider that all Sandy does is change her outfit to literally "let her hair down" compared to Danny's year long attempt to be "worthy" of the Good Girl- he stops hanging out with his friends as much (as evidenced in the final scene when he comments on their hubcap stealing outings), he embraces multiple extracurricular activities to the point that he gets a letter in track, he attempts to settle down and pin/ring her rather than play the field, and (presumably) his grades improve as a result of not skipping class with his friends. But yes, let's complain that Sandy had to "change herself for a man" just because she throws on some tight pants. Danny shaped up to actually be the guy she thought he was the previous summer, Sandy just proved she was still in love with him despite their social differences.

She is one of the most knowledgeable and eloquent fashion historians I've ever heard....get this woman a podcast!!!

Fact check “Stranger Things” please!!

The black pants O.N.J wears were actually original 1950s she was sewn into them because the zipper was broken due to the age of the garment.

Sandy's pants were in fact vintage according to Olivia Newton John. They sewed her in them due to a broken zipper. She currently owns them and last I heard was auctioning them off for her cancer center.

R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John. You will always be Sandy. Nobody can ever take your place as such an iconic character as Sandy Olson.

12:23 Warning Rant Ahead: This is a consistent critique I always hear about Grease. One of my friends actually says she hates the movie because of it. This saddens me because that is not what the movie is about. First of all we see Danny Zuko change himeself. He became an athlete just to impress her even though it was something he didn't like. He also became more nice and less of an eff boy. People change people. Second, she changed because she wanted to. She wasn't happy with her pure self. If you look at the scene where she is singing "Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)" she says to Frenchie " I'm not happy but I know how I can be (I'm paraphrasing)." So this shows that she changed not for Danny Zuko but for herself. I think that Danny is just a catalyst for this change. We have a lot of people around us that influence us to change or bring up hidden away feelings of wanting change. It is the same with Danny's and Sandy's relationship If you are still reading this I appreciate you 😊. This is something that has been bothering me forever and needed to get out of my chest. Thank for listening to my TedTalk

Everyone teen knows a boy today who is DYING to be that rebel without a cause trop and lives in a leather jacket 😂