Yeah I wasn’t exacting on the lingo(tights, leotards, some of them wore just pantyhose since money was tight), but you got the idea of what I was describing. A few of the fairies looked just like posting 13. I remember one of the principle speaking part fairies(who was a fellow choir member with me in school), a Korean girl, was absolutely smashing in green lacy chiffon. The queen was rather “stout” but in “moderation” and she was dressed more regally with a sort of cape and a holding a rather imposing wand.
The FAIRY QUEEN has ALWAYS been dressed as a Valkyrie ( with enormous wings and winged helmet...which was Gilbert's design! ), or a gigantic ballgown, wings, and twinkling crown.
I'm a purist, so get put off by changes of any kind.
And I'm also a stickler for all of the traditional "bits", that the famous early people added. Yes, I do know them all and when listening to/seeing an operetta, must work V. hard to constrain myself, in public, from doing them. I have the hardest time, constraining myself, during THE MIKADO, because, as a rather little kiddo, that's the operetta I spent the most time watching my parents rehearse/was taught, by my mother, all of the motions for the fan.