Weiner just talked about a technique he uses to keep it real, which is to ensure that Betty has a closet. Even though she shops a lot, he says, you will see the same outfits repeated.
He said that she wore the same dress for the family portrait that she wore to her first day seeing Dr. Wayne; it is what she would choose. Sunday best.
I would just like to point out that the only other time I have ever seen this (with the exception of a particular pair of earrings on a soap opera years ago; I’ll come back later to describe them) was on thirtysomething, a show that I loved as much as I love this one. Hope had a very specific wardrobe that rotated and she always looked good but never too good, like an overwhelmed young mother with a hippie streak would really dress (also with some favorite pairs of earrings). I had never seen that before or, or since, until now.
We’ll keep an eye on Joan, but I do suspect Joan would spend a lot of money on new dresses all the time. And I’m sure she has lots of sources of income to support it.
Addendum:
Okay, so a hundred years ago, there was a character named Megan on One Life to Live, played by Jessica Tuck. She has giant blue eyes, round and really an incredible blue. The character frequently wore a pair of earrings with big round blue sparkling stones that sat close to the ears (as most earrings on soap operas do). I was mesmerized by the effect; how they reflected her eyes. And the directors obviously were too, because soap operas never ever EVER (at least back then; I don’t watch them anymore) repeat wardrobe elements. Ever. But these earrings next to Megan’s face were magical.
On a personal note, around the same time period I met a young girl who was just a really hot young thing, and she had my coloring, with bright round dark brown shiny eyes. And she had a pair of earrings with round black stones set in silver, and it had a similar effect.
It took me years to find the right earrings for myself. I do have a pair now, and I’ve never pulled it off quite the same as Megan or Stephanie, they certainly do make my eyes pop.
January 8, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I thought of thirtysomething too. Remember Hope’s robe?
April 26, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Good observation how earrings can make a dramatic impression.
May 27, 2008 at 7:28 am
On episode 9 or 10? Betty wore a formal pink dress with a little black and white. I would like to know more about this dress and get a picture of it as well. I have looked but can’t find one. Thanks
May 27, 2008 at 8:08 am
Nina, hi!
Amazing that you brought this up, because Deborah and I just took a look at this episode yesterday (it was Shoot, which was 9), and talked about the dress. It was the dress she wore to the initial interview/audition for the photo shoot. My guess is that it was another “Giovanni” original (the designer she had worked with when she was younger; the one whose little mini-thing she modeled for Francine). My thinking was, it is much bolder a design than what Betty typically wears, and features the hot pink which may be the same pink from the mini-thing, and therefore could be from the same collection. Plus it would give her that much more impetus to wear it to her first venture back into the modeling world; a designer original.
The AMC site not only does not feature a photo of that dress in their photo section, but doesn’t even feature anything from the photo shoot itself, which is intensely negligent.
As for the dress itself, I have no information, but all of the costumes on the show are original. Janie Bryant oversees. Cool video about the costuming here:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid895162757/bclid1264609526/bctid1496480520
May 27, 2008 at 8:41 am
Roberta, I think the mini-thing was red-and-blue, and played into Giovanni’s (”Johnny”’s) obsession with America.
May 27, 2008 at 8:43 am
I looked at the picture (wait ’til I close out of this, then I’ll come back and edit the picture in if I can) and it looks pink. I can be wrong.
It’s so not letting me do it : |
I shall link.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/starsandmoon145/Ep9_minidress.jpg
May 27, 2008 at 9:22 am
Oddly enough, I also linked to the picture in my earlier comment. My photo looks red, yours looks pink, so WTF.
It’s a different pink, though. The gown is a pale pink, very pastel.
May 27, 2008 at 9:28 am
No, you’re totally thinking of the wrong pink gown. She wore that one (with the shrug) in the photo shoot itself, when they fired her. The pastel one is the one he let her keep, but they took the jewelry.
The one we are talking about is a hot pink, black and white. It was amazing, but also embarrassing because the other model-contenders were wearing like, sexy tight pants. You and I talked about it. Yesterday. It has a bow in the front.
May 27, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I may be wrong, of course, but I remember that gown as black with white and pale pink triangular inserts.