User blog comment:Belle pullman/Costume Design groups and generations/@comment-25225146-20141012093121/@comment-25225146-20141012122101

As I said, the very early German costumes are definitely modified US designs. But I wouldn't say the later ones (from the late 90s/early 2000's on) don't have that much in common with the US designs anymore. Especially Bomba, Pounce, Electra, Rumple, the twins and Skimble have their very own style I think. Others like Tugger, Alonzo (who became black and white in Berlin), Mistoffelees and Sillabub are very similar to the video designs.

You can see the US influence but imho they are still very different from their US prototypes in the 80s.

Yes, the Düsseldorf/German tour unitards had a very unique style with very bright colours. But they were still based on the late Hamburg/Berlin costumes with wigs and make-up very similar to the video. This is still my favourite design next to London/UK. Many of the unitards had already been used in Berlin before. They made new ones for the last 2 or 3 months of the tour so they were still quite new and fresh when the tour ended. Such a shame they couldn't be used for later productions as most of them came to... well... we all know who owns them now. :-/