But some of these choreographers chose needlessly drab or shapeless costumes for their creations.

The drab costumes were by Ms. Javedani and the set by Ms. Baganova.

She looked like . . . Her drab costume melted into an expanse of white bosom and an indecent décolletage.

Eight dancers in drab costumes by Josué Asselin prowled about the stage, which Susan Hamburger's lighting kept almost perpetually dim.

The choreography emphasized unison steps, many of them performed in crouched positions by an ensemble clad in drab costumes by A. Christina Giannini.

The drab costumes by Mr. Augustine made it possible to wonder if these people were refugees.

The purposefully drab costumes were by Ms. Thompson.

A touch of color in the drab gray costumes would help.

By the early 1920s, however, Hart's brand of gritty, rugged westerns with drab costumes and moralistic themes gradually fell out of fashion.

And the work's visual appeal was diminished by Angelina Avallone's drab costumes with ugly headpieces.