Images of Sandy Olsson’s infamous makeover accompanied many tributes to the actor who died this week
from celebrities and fans on social media. And the image accompanying most of the posts of was Newton-John as Sandy Olsson in the last scene of her signature 1978 film, Grease. Wearing tight black trousers, an off-the-shoulder black top, red mules and biker jacket, with her hair teased and a cigarette in hand, she gazes into the eyes of co-star John Travolta as Danny Zuko.remains part of the zeitgeist – with Newton-John’s now-infamous makeover and final outfit central to that.
“It was very clear from the beginning that she would have to change,” says Grease’s costume designer, Albert Wolsky. “The idea was easy because she had been so girlish, so you had to go the other way – totally tight and sophisticated.” While Wolsky made Newton-John’s outfits for most of the movie, the infamous top and trousers were bought vintage. As Newton-John relays in her 2019 autobiography, the zip was broken and she was sewn into the trousers each morning.
The simplicity of the outfit – black trousers, black top, red lipstick – has assisted its staying power, says Kate Bailey.Gruner says humour is all-important. “You could read that final scene as her moving from one stereotype to [another],” he says. “[But] Newton-John plays that role with a tongue wedged firmly in her cheek … [The way] she looks to her friends for directions on how to drop the cigarette, for example.
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