Costume research: Female Inmate 1950s.

Specifically researching into female prison uniforms of the 1950's, the typical striped jumpsuits I expected to arrive as a result were instead replaced with images of these simple dresses. It's seems that the stupid jumpsuits were usually used for male inmates, so would not be appropriate for the women in 'Orpheus' to wear. These scrub-like pinafores would be relatively simple to make and easy to adjust so only one or two patterns would be needed to potentially fit the entire female cast.

Looking through the timeline I put together, the 1900's showed long conservative skirts, aprons, long sleeve shirts with arrow print over them and a white cap. The uniforms are obviously unprovocative in design, and this was decades before women wearing trousers was a socially acceptable fashion too.
The early 50's brought a much high hem line, half way between the knee and the ankle. Short sleeves were also featured, and covering the hair was no longer seen as a necessity.
1970's brought an even shorter hemline above the knee, and again the pattern for these types of dresses would be relatively simple to draft and make. However, I'm not sure at this point if there is enough time to create these, as simple as they may be. Sourcing these or finding outfits that instead of being historically accurate symbolise the prison scene it is we're creating may be better ideas that I will pitch to our design and making teams.