Dressing to Play a Power Woman - The New York Times
👚 As an ambitious and powerful TV exec, Michelle's wardrobe consists of "bright, clashing colors, strong lines, and pants." Costume designer Ann D'Huys, said this represents that Dockery’s character, Diana Christensen, is “not a team player. It’s not a choice of everyone; it’s her own choice. And a signal that ‘I can wear what I want even if the colors aren’t matching together’”.
👠 “Platform peep-toe heels were swapped for simple black leather round-toe court shoes, because the first style hurt Michelle's feet, and ‘it's important to be comfortable to show strength’”. Michelle agreed, adding that the physical demands of playing an executive in today’s media world, mean that lower heels are the modern power shoes.
👖 Her red, flared trousers are central to the character’s look, as “they are masculine and Diana has to fight in a man's world, and they even help her stand in a more powerful way.”
👕As Diana's power fluctuates through the play, so does the vibrancy of her clothes. She dons a luminous yellow shirt when she believes she has hit the ratings jackpot. Later, as her personal and professional lives go awry (her lover leaves and ratings plummet), more subtle, smudged colors appear, in the form of dark green, wide-leg pants.
👗 The only scene in which Diana does wear a dress - a low-cut, black wrap with layered satin frills - is in a steamy restaurant moment with her former colleague and soon-to-be lover.
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