Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland wore coordinated red and white buffalo check blouses paired with white tappered pants and white flats while singing the Hooray For Love medley on S1 E2 of The Judy Garland Show, which aired on October 6, 1963.

Streisand and Garland’s matching outfits were designed by Ray Aghayan (1928-2011). Aghayan, who handled all the costuming for The Judy Garland Show, was one of the few staff members to last a full year on the production, despite Garland’s erratic behavior. His designs for Garland are widely credited with revitalizing her image and helping to restore the glamorous persona she had been associated with at the height of her stardom. ¹

Aghayan’s choice of casual outfits for this segment made Streisand and Garland appear as though viewers had dropped in on them sharing a relaxing afternoon at home. Button-down blouses and tapered pants were very trendy in the 1950s, frequently worn by stars like Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Doris Day.

In the 1950s, tapered pants were also called cigarette pants. ² These styles remained popular into the early 1960s when the episode was filmed. Aghayan and his longtime partner Bob Mackie went on to dress Streisand numerous times in the following years, including designing costumes for Funny Lady (1975).

Footnotes

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/arts/ray-aghayan-costume-designer-dies-at-83.html ↩︎
2. https://thelist.app/explore/fashion-explained/cigarette-pants ↩︎