#costume breakdown
Phryne’s fourth outfit of “Framed for Murder” (Season 2, Episode 9) is a beautiful blue velvet coat with a matching cloche, over a black camisole and her classic silk faille pants with bejeweled blue heels.
An elegant follow-up to her gorgeous gold gown, Miss Fisher dons a coat made of an azure blue velvet with marabou down trim on wide lapels. The sleeves also feature the marabou down trim above the elbow before the velvet continues to her forearms and splits at the cuff. The coat is held closed by an ornate enamel buckle costume designer Marion Boyce found in an antique store.
Her hat is a matching blue felt cloche with an antique feather band. According to the official Pinterest:“While we were filming in Queenscliff, Victoria, a stranger donated a selection of her grandmother’s old 1960s hats to our designer. Luckily one of the felt hats matched Phryne’s blue velvet jacket perfectly.”
The hat itself was extended, made deeper, and reshaped to become a cloche. The designers took authentic 1920’s feathers from another hat and added a fascinator made of velvet loops and a metal button.
Underneath, Phryne wears a black silk camisole with scalloped edging and dark wide-legged pants. She accessorizes with navy gloves, teardrop onyx earrings, and glittering navy t-strap heels (seen at the Costume Exhibition here on Dayna’s blog).
Season 2, Episode 9 - “Framed for Murder”
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The third costume in “Framed for Murder” (Season 2, Episode 9) is an incredible gold sequin gown Phryne wears to her movie-star party, complete with gold heels, silver earrings, and a crimson fur shawl.
The dress itself is made of a modern silk chiffon with double sequins with a tarnished gold patina to create an older, antique look. Pieces of a diamante necklace were used to add weight and stability to the back of the dress, and a tiered section of jewels were added to the front for ornamentation.
According to the Costume Exhibition Catalogue:
“This was made for Phryne to be the ‘Golden Girl’ at her Hollywood dinner party. Deep godets (triangular fabric inserts) were added to the side of the skirt so when she first appears there is a fantastic sweep as she turns around the banister.”
Phryne complements her gorgeous gown with her gold leaf headpiece, created from a series of jeweled antique brooches and black feathers, previously seen in 1x03and1x09. When she leaves the party to investigate the movie set, she brings a dark maroon faux fur shawl with aubergine highlights and a crimson silk satin lining.
She finishes her look with gold t-strap heels, a wide flower ring, and her classic metal dangling earrings.
Season 2, Episode 9 - “Framed for Murder”
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