How to Make a Costume From "The Outsiders"

"The Outsiders" is a young adult book written by author S.E. Hinton. The book was made into a successful and heartfelt movie in 1983, starring a young Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise and C. Thomas Howell. The story follows teenagers engaged in a battle of social status, in a town where the "Greasers" rival the "Socs" and a pretty girl named Cherry Valance gets caught in the middle. The story is set in the 1960s.

Things You'll Need

• Muscle shirt
• T-shirt
• Button-down shirt
• Blue jeans
• Denim jacket or vest
• Converse sneakers
• Hair pomade
• Comb
• Sweater
• Plaid skirt
• Loafers
• Knee socks
• Hair barrette
• Curlers
• Red hair dye or wig
• Khaki pants
• Cardigan sweater

Instructions

Greaser

1. Pull on a sleeveless muscle shirt, plain white t-shirt or plain button-down shirt. The Greasers favored these shirt styles.

2. Put on blue jeans and roll the bottoms up to make a small cuff.

3. Add a sleeveless denim vest or denim jacket to the ensemble.

4. Put on dark-colored Converse sneakers.

5. Add pomade to your hair and fix it in a "pompadour" style, slicking the sides back and letting the front fall forward. The hair should have a slicked and greasy appearance.

Soc Girl

1. Put on a pretty, feminine sweater that is solid colored. A button-down shirt can go under the sweater, if necessary. The more conservative, the better.

2. Add a plaid schoolgirl-style skirt to the outfit. It shouldn't be too short.

3. Finish the outfit with knee socks and loafers, or just loafers.

4. Fix hair by curling the ends and pulling one side up with a hair barrette. Cherry has red hair in the movie, so if you want to wear a red wig or color your hair temporarily red, that will add more authenticity to the costume.

Soc Boy

1. Put on khaki, pressed pants.

2. Add a white, button-down shirt.

3. Put on a sweater vest or conservative long-sleeved cardigan sweater over the button-down shirt.

4. Add loafers.

5. Comb the hair in a conservative style, but leave out any hair product.

References

• IMDB: The Outsiders
• The Outsiders Book and Movie