The Netflix hit’s season 4 wardrobe is to Di for.
She just kind of looked ordinary.
You know, bobbly old cardigans and jumpers and skirts a bit dumpy, really.
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(Corrin agrees: I was like, are you joking?)
Her look evolves a bit when she moves to the palace, but it still wasnt quite her.
It was a little bit old-fashioned and safe, Roberts observes.
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Wryly titled Fairytale, the episode invokes the popular conception of Diana as a sort of doomed Cinderella.
Ben Caron, our director, had always imagined it like a Cinderella story.
And then it sort of culminates in the wedding dress.
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Its almost like a big Walt Disney fantasy, that dress.
Its not an absolutely spot-on copy of it, Roberts clarifies.
Its closing your eyes and thinking, What was that dress like?
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And it was big sleeves, wasnt it, big puffed sleeves and that big skirt.
While some costumes onThe Crown like uniforms and ceremonial pieces demand accuracy, theres a mixture, Roberts says.
Im a big believer in making a big nod at it.
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It was like designing a dress-up dolly look for each occasion.
I always felt very much at the beginning thats what we were doing, for her.
You feel shes growing up a bit, Roberts says.
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Her unlikely fashion foil is all grown up, however, and dressing with intention from day one.
I found that absolutely extraordinary how her journey, and her clothes, developed, Roberts says.
As her strength grew, so did her shoulders.
In a way, it was like putting on her armor.
Her final appearance is her fiercest of the season.
The first time you see Diana [is] as that little elfin fairy creature.
That, to me, sort of sums Diana up in season 4.
Season 4 ofThe Crownis now streaming on Netflix.
