Spectacular, but terribly uncomfortable: 5 outfits from which actresses had nervous breakdowns
'22.01.2021'
Source: Yandex Zen
Any girl dreams of trying on the role of a fairy-tale beauty. However, actresses, for whom dressing in incredible costumes is part of their daily work, sometimes do not know how to escape this beauty, writes the author of the Cultural Studies blog on Yandex Zen.
Earrings weighing a kilogram and a dress made of 250 meters of fabric, steel corsets and huge heavy crowns - these are actually “fabulous outfits” from which the stars sometimes have nervous breakdowns.
"Snow White and the Hunter-2". Queen's Cloak
The continuation of the fantasy version of the old fairy tale could be watched only for the sake of the amazing outfit of Queen Rowenna, but Charlize Theron had a hard time on the set. For almost the entire film, her heroine wears a cloak made of golden raven feathers, which weighed more than a few sheepskin coats. The exact numbers are unknown, but the actress said in an interview that she had to periodically interrupt the creative process, shoot this splendor and go out into the air to “breathe”.
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Famous Hollywood designer Colin Atwood became the author of this stunning outfit. She was the one who designed the costumes for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and Fantastic Beasts. The queen's attire turned out to be very laborious: each feather was sewn to the cloak by hand, it took two weeks and 30 thousand dollars.
"Cinderella". Blue ball gown
Actress Lily James made all the girls' dream come true - she came to the ball in an incredible blue dress that really amazed the whole world. It is impossible to achieve such effects using computer graphics, so everything was for real in the frame: kilometers of fabric, a corset waist and natural grace that allowed Lily not only to walk, but also to dance in a fairy dress. Another design star, Sandy Powell, was the author of this outfit. This British costume designer has three Oscars and three BAFTA awards.
4 working hours (about five months of continuous work) were spent on making the fairy tale come true. Such a huge amount of time is due to the fact that in fact eight similar dresses were created for filming. We see all these models in different frames: some are a little shorter for dancing, others differ in shades of color and were worn depending on the scene and lighting. Each of these masterpieces took 000 meters of fabric and 250 thousand dollars. In total, the seamstresses spent 12 km of thread - a really fabulous cost.
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The result of the joint work of dozens of craftswomen turned out to be extremely inconvenient. This outfit was created with only one purpose - to amaze the imagination. The actress seemed to be the last thing to be thought of, so the kilometers of fabric combined with the steel details of the corset and crinoline were very heavy. The girl's waist was tightened so that she could hardly breathe, but the shooting lasted a very long time. For example, the ball scene was filmed with many takes: the prince constantly stepped on the hem of the dress.
"The Hunger Games. And the flame will break out. " Katniss's wedding dress
The fans were waiting for the second episode of The Hunger Games with particular interest: it was announced in advance that the famous Indonesian designer Tex Saverio would develop one of the costumes. Brides with millions of fortunes line up for him, so the mockingjay dress has become a sensation not only in cinema, but also in the world of modern fashion.
The result was really impressive. The dress with "tongues of flame", which seems to "devour" its owner, perfectly reflected the idea of the film, but it turned out to be an ordeal for Jennifer Lawrence. The actress is already famous for her awkwardness: she managed to fall even when she went up on stage for the Oscar, but her relationship with this dress did not go well. Jennifer admitted in an interview that she can't even count how many times she fell in all her glory on the set.
"Snow White: Revenge of the Dwarfs." Queen's wedding dress
Another "Snow White" and another stunning outfit for the queen - this heroine seems to cause an especially rapid flow of creative energy among costume designers. In this case, Julia Roberts was not lucky: the creation of the Japanese designer Eiko Ishioka turned out to be comparable in weight and volume with historical dresses. 25 kg and 2,4 meters in diameter - the last time this was worn about two hundred years ago - Mantua dresses still amaze visitors to museums.
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The actress herself calls her outfits in this film real works of art, but admits that the wedding scenes were the most difficult in the filming - it took a long time to put on and with the help of several assistants, and it turned out to be extremely difficult to breathe and walk. So the actress literally "tried on" the hardships of the real queens of the past.
The Brothers Grimm. Witch outfit
The bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory became the prototype of the evil witch in the scary tale, so the costume created for Monica Bellucci resembles blood in color. This masterpiece of deep red velvet and brocade has become perhaps one of the most beautiful fantasy outfits of today, but the actress had to endure many unpleasant hours on the set. The dress itself turned out to be incredibly heavy and too “warm”. The problems were added by a giant train and an incredible headdress stylized as the Middle Ages.
Especially the actress was tormented by earrings. Their weight exceeded the permissible limits, so after a few days they had to be replaced with cuffs - jewelry that is not attached to the earlobe. But it was not possible to solve the problem with the crown. Her weight, even after special relief, remained unbearable, so she had to take off with breaks for rest.
Original column published on channel "Culturology" at Yandex Zen
