MARIE ANTOINETTE
Sophia Coppola, daughter of the well known Francis Ford Coppola, is no stranger to directing movies much like her father. During preproduction of Marie Antoinette, Sophia approached costume designer Milena Canonero with a box of macarons from the Laduree pastry shop saying how much she liked the colors of the macarons. Other than the macarons acting as her color pallet Canonero pretty much had free range of the costumes.
Not going to lie, once I looked up the macarons I totally saw a resemblance, this is why I added a photo of the colorful sweets.
Milena started by throwing different colored and patterned materials at Kirsten Dunst to see what looked good on her (not sure if it was legit throwing but I wouldn't be surprised). She also didn't bother putting wigs on Kirsten because they weren't right for her (which means the ginormous hairstyles were her real hair which is amazing!). Since Milena didn't have as much time for the costumes, she wasn't able to go as exaggerated and crazy as she had originally intended. Since the story is about the growing of a young innocent girl the costumes start off innocent and end up more and more extravagant and scandalous as the movie continues. Milena definitely took a fashionable path while creating the costumes because Marie Antoinette was a large fashion icon back during her time. She was a trend setter and whatever she wore everyone else wanted to dress just like her. Kirsten Dunst had 60 different dresses throughout the making of Marie Antoinette, below are just a few that I found as well as my favorite one :) the black masquerade ball gown with her mask.
Not only were the costumes gorgeous and I want every single one! but they were a major symbol in the movie. They portrayed what kind of woman young innocent Marie grew up to be, which was a spoiled materialistic queen who cared about nothing but shopping and being a fashion icon. Below is a link to an analysis I found going into more detail about these costumes as symbols and I thought it was very enlightening and interesting and suggest anyone read it if they have the time. It has opened my eyes to a new appreciation for the movie and what these beautiful costumes represent.
http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/v3/a09/cu11v3a9.pdf
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