#1930s stye

One Dress a Week Challenge

May: Gold & Silver

Cafe Society / Blake Lively as Veronica

Another movie I haven’t actually seen–for some reason, this month has a record number of movies I either watched for the first time to make screencaps, or haven’t yet watched at all. But I found lots of cool details about the costumes!

According to the head wardrobe designer Suzy Benzinger, “That silver metallic gown is made from Lamé. Lamé now is a little flimsy, but I had the real thing, the silver fabric that tarnishes so you have to paint it because it has real silver in it.”

Also, much of the jewelry in this film was on loan from Chanel. Benzinger adds: “I was lucky that Chanel also agreed to bring back pieces of jewellery inspired by ones Gabrielle Chanel had designed at the time and that were so influential in the 1930s. The gorgeous simplicity of Chanel’s dresses were canvasses to showcase her jewellery. The job was simple to me–put an elegant but simple dress on an actress, accessorize with a Chanel brooch or earrings and I had instant glamour. That’s the genius of Coco Chanel!”