This Emmy season has costume designers doing the work of interpreting those trends for a new era.
They call it the fashion revolution for a reason, she says.
The ditching of the structured undergarments played a big role in the freedom that designers had in that time.
Mary (Julia Duffy) and Maxine (Kristen Wiig) in ‘Palm Royale.‘Apple TV+
At the Palm Royale Country Club, Friedberg kept thecostume designto a tight color palette.
It was pastels and whites, and really sort of bright sherbet colors, she says.
No denim, nothing earth tone and nothing too dark navy that popped.
Alix Friedberg
This was to give a contrast between the haves and the have-nots in West Palm Beach.
They were a little muddier, a little sweatier, a little more worn.
Maxines personal style has the kind of aesthetic and optimism of a little girl dressing herself, she says.
It was a bit all over the place, she says.
It was different because it was the end, but also because the Queen had died, she says.
Not completely, but there were elements of that.
The color palette was based on a combination of the era and the story arc.
She goes out in a big bang like fireworks at the end, doesnt she?
And yet her colors are bolder in a way.
Theres almost a to hell with it feeling, which I thought was great.
We chose one of the dresses [Foy] wore with a fairly somber color.
This white color and having her walk into the light…
I dont think there was a dry eye in the house when we shot that.
The Gilded Age
In 1880s New York City, every outfit could be seen as a fashion statement.
In the contemporary world, theres never just one thing that people respond to.
People respond to a variety of styles and influences.
She probably goes more toward the 1890s, because thats where the newest trends come from.
In contrast to Bertha, Agnes (Christine Baranski) is the more conservative character in terms of fashion.
Her styles are more based in the 1880s, when that was the height of her interest in fashion.
We all have visceral responses to colors, she says.
We know what red means; we know what pale-yellow means…
