#madame de garderobe

The limelight-loving pair of Madame de Garderobe and Cadenza — she’s a singer, he’s a harpsichordist — needed costumes to match their bold personalities. So Durran looked to classic 18th-century French fashions worn by royal performers and added subtle, enchanting details to their looks which were in keeping with the garb of the other castle denizens. For the outfit Stanley Tucci wears as Cadenza, she says, “we cut up gold lace fabric and appliquéd it on the coat and waistcoat to create the impression of embroidery. It was one of my favorite things in the film’s costumes.”

Audra McDonald’s dress wasn’t as delicate as Stanley Tucci’s outfit. As Madame de Garderobe, the actress wore a gown that reflected the interior’s grandeur and evoked the stately wardrobe she becomes once the witch’s spell is cast. “l really wasn’t prepared for how they would have me mirror [the wardrobe] in human form,” McDonald says. “She’s humongously glorious, and the costume was so big I couldn’t sit down in between takes.”