Jewish Boyz: Costumes

When it came to costume design, I had already had an idea of what I wanted it to be from the initial music video idea. It had to be a bunch of casual looking Jews, who also had that Orthodox element and look about them, as this was part of the parody. My inspirations came from Holy Rollers and Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob on how they could look to dress, with a Hasidic fedora and payot coming down from the sides, because my cast do not have natural payot. Here is the link to where I bought these hats from:

HATS

I then had to get shirts for the cast to wear in order to match the look of a Hasidic Jew. I also wanted to relate the costume to We Dem Boyz as much as possible, so I decided that I would copy the design of his t-shirts in his video, but with a difference. The shirt that Wiz Khalifa wears in his video says (on both sides) "Dem Boyz 93" and I am unaware if the number 93 has a specific meaning or not, however that isn't relevant to the parody:

The variation I made with my shirt was by writing on the back "Jewish Boyz 613" in the same calligraphy: 

The reason for this is because it was the name of the song on the back, just like Khalifa's, and the number 613 means the number of good deeds that can be done by a Jewish person in Judaism. I thought this was a significant number and a number that the Jewish section of the audience would be able to figure out. 

As I mentioned already, the front of Wiz's shirt is exactly the same. However, I didn't want to make mine the same because it would lack creativity if I imitated it exactly, as well as being an indication of complete plagiarism. Therefore, I decided to have ABOUDY written in Hebrew on the front, along with a Star of David and a pair of Shabbat candles as an extra design:

I also created shirts for the extra cast members so that theirs would also look different compared to the star's shirt. The design below features a name in Hebrew (didn't matter what name in particular), a smaller Star of David, a Menorah, and a dreidel:

I already had these shirts at home and they weren't being used, so it was cost-effective because I didn't have to pay for any extra. I also had enough for the whole cast which was useful. 

Those were the main parts of the costume that were needed throughout the entire video. However I also needed some extra costumes to cover some lines of the song.

For example, the beard was an added feature only meant for the star. The reason for this was because it was a prop/costume piece that would make him stand out and be noticeable. I also only had one fake beard so I was only able to give it to the star. Giving it to the star only was ultimately a better decision because if the entire cast had had one, it would have been slightly more confusing to understand who the star is:

The next example is the Sombrero and moustache, and the reason for the inclusion of these costumes is because of the line "Challah, challah, you drive me crazy (loco loco)". In Spanish, the word 'loco' means crazy, and because Mexicans speak Spanish, I decided to use a Sombrero and moustache to make the image iconic to the lyric (as the Sombrero/moustache look is iconic of Mexican culture, could also be seen as parodying Mexican culture briefly):

The final example is the baby hat and bib, and the reason for the inclusion of these costumes if because of the line "We Jews are famous, making loads of babies (here comes another one)". The idea was to parody the stereotype that Jews have multiple children, which tends to be true, however I wanted a baby costume on one of my cast members in order to add humour to the video: