The Cast of Gossip Girl.Photo:Andrew Eccles/The CW/Courtesy: Everett Collection
Andrew Eccles/The CW/Courtesy: Everett Collection
Do you remember Olivia Pope’s white trench coat? Serena van der Woodsen’s gilded wedding gown? Basically everything Carrie Bradshaw wore?The outfits so closely aligned with some of television’s most beloved characters have fascinating stories behind them, as told in Hal Rubenstein’s colorful new book,Dressing the Part: Television’s Most Stylish Shows.Full of fashion eye candy, the book walks throughScandal,Gossip Girl,Sex and the Cityand beyond, exploring the sartorial choices behind major moments on series fromBridgertonandFriendstoKeeping Up with the KardashiansandRuPaul’s Drag Race,not to mention older favorites likeThat GirlandThe Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.As he writes in his introduction, formerInStyleeditor Rubenstein says that for 75 years, television has “wielded the greatest sway over what we’ve zipped up the back, buttoned down the front, pulled over, wrapped around, stepped into, and tied up.“Before the book publishes on Oct. 31, take a sneak peek at what’s inside.
Do you remember Olivia Pope’s white trench coat? Serena van der Woodsen’s gilded wedding gown? Basically everything Carrie Bradshaw wore?
The outfits so closely aligned with some of television’s most beloved characters have fascinating stories behind them, as told in Hal Rubenstein’s colorful new book,Dressing the Part: Television’s Most Stylish Shows.
Full of fashion eye candy, the book walks throughScandal,Gossip Girl,Sex and the Cityand beyond, exploring the sartorial choices behind major moments on series fromBridgertonandFriendstoKeeping Up with the KardashiansandRuPaul’s Drag Race,not to mention older favorites likeThat GirlandThe Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.
As he writes in his introduction, formerInStyleeditor Rubenstein says that for 75 years, television has “wielded the greatest sway over what we’ve zipped up the back, buttoned down the front, pulled over, wrapped around, stepped into, and tied up.”
Before the book publishes on Oct. 31, take a sneak peek at what’s inside.
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‘Sex and the City’
The Cast of Sex and the City.Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty
Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty
02of 11’Sex and the City’The Cast of Sex and the City.Bill Davila/Film MagicAnother fun fact: Field and Parker initially went shopping for Carrie together, finding gems in resale shops and at end-of-season sales.
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The Cast of Sex and the City.Bill Davila/Film Magic
Bill Davila/Film Magic
Another fun fact: Field and Parker initially went shopping for Carrie together, finding gems in resale shops and at end-of-season sales.
03of 11’Sex and the City’The Cast of Sex and the City.HBO/ Courtesy: Everett CollectionOf working with the show’s stars, Field shares, “The actor’s job is to come in with a strong idea of who she or he is: how they’re going to walk, speak, wear their hair, look; in the end, they’re the ones in front of the camera, not me.”
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The Cast of Sex and the City.HBO/ Courtesy: Everett Collection
HBO/ Courtesy: Everett Collection
Of working with the show’s stars, Field shares, “The actor’s job is to come in with a strong idea of who she or he is: how they’re going to walk, speak, wear their hair, look; in the end, they’re the ones in front of the camera, not me.”
04of 11’Gossip Girl’The Cast of Gossip Girl.Andrew Eccles/The CW/Courtesy: Everett CollectionA friendship-themed section of the book puts the spotlight on series likeGossip Girl.Costume designer Eric Daman says he stood outside of a private all-girls school in N.Y.C. to get inspiration for his show’s leads, includingBlake Lively’s Serena van der Woodsen andLeighton Meester’s Blair Waldorf.
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‘Gossip Girl’
The Cast of Gossip Girl.Andrew Eccles/The CW/Courtesy: Everett Collection
A friendship-themed section of the book puts the spotlight on series likeGossip Girl.Costume designer Eric Daman says he stood outside of a private all-girls school in N.Y.C. to get inspiration for his show’s leads, includingBlake Lively’s Serena van der Woodsen andLeighton Meester’s Blair Waldorf.
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Blake Lively on Gossip Girl.James Devaney/WireImage
James Devaney/WireImage
06of 11’Gossip Girl’The Cast of Gossip Girl.“It’s not a style seminar,” Daman adds of some of the show’s more outlandish looks. “It’s entertainment.”
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The Cast of Gossip Girl.
“It’s not a style seminar,” Daman adds of some of the show’s more outlandish looks. “It’s entertainment.”
07of 11’Scandal’Kerry Washington on Scandal.Giovanni Rufino/Disney General Entertainment Content via GettyA section of the book on working women focuses in part onKerry Washington’s Olivia Pope ofScandal.Costume designer Lyn Paolo says that within hours of meeting the actress, they decided “we were going all in on using white, starting with the opening shot of her in the white trench and suit.”
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‘Scandal’
Kerry Washington on Scandal.Giovanni Rufino/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Giovanni Rufino/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
A section of the book on working women focuses in part onKerry Washington’s Olivia Pope ofScandal.Costume designer Lyn Paolo says that within hours of meeting the actress, they decided “we were going all in on using white, starting with the opening shot of her in the white trench and suit.”
08of 11’Scandal’Kerry Washington on Scandal.Craig Sjodin/Disney General Entertainment Content via GettyThe pair also ruled that “Olivia is a pants girl, not a skirt girl,” Paolo adds.
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Kerry Washington on Scandal.Craig Sjodin/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Craig Sjodin/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
The pair also ruled that “Olivia is a pants girl, not a skirt girl,” Paolo adds.
09of 11’The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’Rachel Brosnahan on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.Alamy Stock PhotoThe Marvelous Mrs. Maiselfeatures in a section on period dramas; costume designer Donna Zakowska shares in an interview with Rubenstein that she put Rachel Brosnahan’s Midge Maisel in red when she was “standing up to the male world,” and green “when I felt Midge did something heroic.” Pink, as seen here, “is reminiscent of her past.”
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‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Rachel Brosnahan on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.Alamy Stock Photo
Alamy Stock Photo
The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselfeatures in a section on period dramas; costume designer Donna Zakowska shares in an interview with Rubenstein that she put Rachel Brosnahan’s Midge Maisel in red when she was “standing up to the male world,” and green “when I felt Midge did something heroic.” Pink, as seen here, “is reminiscent of her past.”
10of 11’The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’Dresses from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.Donna ZakowskaOf the series' rainbow palette, Zakowska shares that she was trained as a painter. “I get color visions,” she says, “and that’s how it begins.”
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Dresses from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.Donna Zakowska
Donna Zakowska
Of the series' rainbow palette, Zakowska shares that she was trained as a painter. “I get color visions,” she says, “and that’s how it begins.”
11of 11’Dressing the Part’Dressing the Part: Television’s Most Stylish Shows.Hal Rubenstein. Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins.Pick up Rubenstein’s new book,Dressing the Part: Television’s Most Stylish Shows, beginning Oct. 31.
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‘Dressing the Part’
Dressing the Part: Television’s Most Stylish Shows.Hal Rubenstein. Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins.
Hal Rubenstein. Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins.
Pick up Rubenstein’s new book,Dressing the Part: Television’s Most Stylish Shows, beginning Oct. 31.
source: people.com
