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Saturday 29 december 2018

Fabulous fashion of ‘Mrs. Maisel’ is more than just attire

By BROOKE LEFFERTS and when pink started to
Associated Press come back, it was a differ-
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans ent kind of pink because
of “The Marvelous Mrs. she was a different kind of
Maisel” know that the woman. She’s (Zakowska)
show’s clothes deliver eye- just a very fascinating, bril-
popping color and to-die- liant person.”
for style, but they might not Zakowska said she leads a
know the costumes repre- crew of at least 25 people
sent more than 1950’s cou- on set to dress the princi-
ture. They also meticulously pal players and the extras
reflect each character’s in hundreds of costume
mood and development. changes. She pays strict
Costume designer Donna attention to detail, even
Zakowska said she thought for day players, who often
about how each character wear 1950’s outfits found
changed from season one in vintage stores or on the
of the hit show to season internet. But most of the
two, which premiered on clothes worn by the prin-
Amazon Prime Video ear- cipal characters are de-
lier this month. Zakowska signed by Zakowska.
started out studying paint- Not all the clothes are fun
ing at Ecole des Beaux- to wear. Zakowska said
Arts in Paris, which instilled one of the most important
a “very strong response This image released by Amazon shows Rachel Brosnahan in a scene from “The Marvelous Mrs. accessories on the show
to color,” she said in a re- Maisel.” is the underwear — which
cent interview, and that Associated Press had to be tight and sup-
influenced her approach leaves her, her character Brosnahan said while the Sherman-Palladino said in portive, even for the extras.
in costume design. One of puts on different, darker second season is full of “ex- a recent interview. “She “It’s like really the end of
her first decisions was put- colors. ceptional clothes,” the out- doesn’t believe a hat is the era of the corset...
ting lead character Midge “I basically did this with fits aren’t just eye candy. a hat. You know, a hat is that’s something you re-
Maisel, played by Rachel most of the characters Zakowska helps shape the character. It’s a person. ally can’t avoid. We can’t
Brosnahan, in a baby pink and it’s a little bit natural in narrative with her designs. That hat needs to reflect all have period bras but
coat in the first season a way because I do think “She’s a storyteller. And she where the person is inter- we worked with Playtex
when she is married and that there is this emotional dives just as deeply, if not nally. She started it last year and they had a certain bra
seemingly happy. response that is inherent in more deeply in some ways, with ... the pink coat and they created for us that we
But when Midge’s husband color,” Zakowska said. than we do into these char- the pink coat represented used. And so you do to a
acters, into their arcs, into something and when Joel degree have to sort of pull
the stories, into the settings, (Mr. Maisel) left, the pink women in, you know, bring
into everything that came coat left, because the pink the bust up....there’s no
before and is yet to come.” coat represented who she way around it, otherwise
“She is a mad scientist,” was with Joel. And then we couldn’t get people
‘’Maisel” creator Amy pink went away for a while, into those dresses.”q

Angelina Jolie doesn’t rule out move

into politics

Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Angelina
Jolie has not ruled out a
move into politics — and
has joked that she might
be tough enough to take
the rough and tumble that
comes with it.
The American actress
and U.N. envoy told BBC
radio she “can take a lot
on the chin” — a possible
reference to her bitter
divorce from Brad Pitt.
When asked if she is moving In this file photo dated Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, Special Envoy
in the direction of politics, for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina
the 43-year-old Oscar Jolie addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
winner said, “I honestly will Associated Press
do whatever I think can She used her slot as a She also included Chinese
really make change.” “guest editor” on the BBC artist Ai Weiwei and Nobel
Jolie is a special envoy for to highlight refugee issues Peace Prize winner Denis
the U.N. refugee agency. in the Middle East. Mukwege on the show.q