![]() Levy also saw the importance behind O’Hara’s wardrobe and wanted to provide her with the right looks to help her get into character. “When you get these kinds of clothes on, you just feel differently, you stand differently, you move differently, people look at you differently, and I feed off of all of it,” she said. O’Hara Used the Wardrobe to Get into Moira’s Characterįor O’Hara, the wardrobe played a critical role in helping her get into character. We’re really scrappy and all good things come out of a lot of hard work and sweat and tears.”ħ. “I think it got harder season after season because we kept pushing the boundaries of how far we could take our budget,” he said, “But part of that I think is what makes the show what it is. For instance, he found a vintage black-and-white Alexander McQueen dress for Moira Rose at a vintage store significantly reduced in price to $300. Levy looked to vintage fashion stores and sellers to help curate the show’s wardrobe while staying on a budget. Dan Levy Scoured Vintage Sellers to Find Designer Items “I wanted people who were interested in fashion to recognize pieces and say, ‘OK, so this isn’t just someone doing Zara doing Balenciaga.’”Ħ. “My mandate when we started the show was that I wanted the clothes to feel real,” he said. Levy explained he chose to incorporate a designer wardrobe in the show to attract viewers that are interested in fashion. The Costumes Were Meant to Impress Fashion Insiders To me, wardrobe was like a huge focus, making sure that we thought through each of our characters and making sure the details were there.”ĥ. “We as people say so much about who we are and what we believe in and what we want and what we think of ourselves by the way that we dress. “Wardrobe is probably the most important element in storytelling outside of actually writing,” he said. Levy explained that each character’s fashion played a critical role in the show. Dan Levy Said Wardrobe Was the Most Important Element of Storytelling Murphy’s character, while not as campy as her mother’s, consisted of many bohemian-inspired looks from brands like Isabel Marant, Celine and Chloé.Ĥ. Fittings for Moira and Alexis Rose’s Characters Took HoursĪnnie Murphy, who played Alexis Rose, revealed in the special that her and O’Hara’s costume fittings would often take hours. ![]() It works for fashion reasons, it works for hiding or revealing what I’m feeling, it works as a protective helmet, so it’s just too much fun.”ģ. “I just asked if I could wear wigs depending on my mood. “The wigs weren’t in it and the vocabulary wasn’t in it, that’s what I got to add,” she said. In the special, O’Hara revealed that the wigs weren’t initially part of her character’s look, but rather her own special request. Moira Rose’s lavish looks are oftentimes complemented with an equally eye-catching wig. Moira’s Wigs Were a Special Request from O’Hara Little did I know at the time just how much Catherine brings to the table.”Ģ. “I remember finding it all quite dazzling. “She came to me with some references, in terms of how the character would look and she was thinking of having this sort of accent,” Levy said. When first coming up with the character’s style, O’Hara brought in images of English socialite and fashion designer Daphne Guinness, whose style consists of mostly black-and-white outfits, oversize accessories and light-reflecting pieces, as a reference for her character. Daphne Guinness served as inspiration behind Catherine O’Hara’s Moira Rose AP and CBCĬatherine O’Hara’s Moira Rose is arguably the most iconic of the characters, thanks to her rotating assortment of wigs and her lavish black-and-white outfits designed by the likes of Alexander McQueen, Givenchy and Balenciaga.
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