It’sWes Andersonweek at EW!
Here, we look at the unforgettable costumes ofThe Royal Tenenbaums.
Every Halloween, they appear: A sweatband here.
The cast of ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ (2001).James Hamilton/Disney
A blonde bob and smeary smoky eye there.
After20 years, Wes Anderson’sThe Royal Tenenbaumshasn’t weakened its grip on our collective imagination.
“They were a family defined by their appearance,” Patch explains to EW.
Ben Stiller, Jonah Meyerson, Grant Rosenmeyer, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Gene Hackman in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’.James Hamilton/Buena Vista
“Theyworetheir identities.”
“And he kept saying, ‘On the next one, I want you to build everything.
Nothing will be bought in a store.'”
Irina Gorovaia, Aram Aslanian-Persico, and Amedeo Turturro in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’.Everett Collections
So everything had to be made from scratch."
They pulled that off on their third collaboration despite the extensive use of familiar labels.
But we made up our version of that," she explains.
Irina Gorovaia and Gwyneth Paltrow in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’.Buena Vista Pictures (2)
“Or at least their favorite, their best time.
The family of geniuses… stuck in the same place.”
For Chas, Richie, and Margot, that was extremely literal.
Amadeo Turturro and Luke Wilson in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’.Buena Vista Pictures (2)
“He said, ‘Yes.'”
Even before the film was done, the costume spoke to Paltrow, too.
“I remember the first fitting I had with Gwyneth, and her saying, ‘Oh!
I know who I am!'”
Audiences knew, too, which is part of why Patch believes the film’s wardrobe continues to resonate.
“They’ve seen these clothes before.
They’ve seen Lacoste, they’ve seen FILA but these were strangely off.
So they’re familiar, but strangely off.”
It’s hard for Patch to choose a favorite look from the film “there were so many!”
but those perennial Halloween favorites are undeniable.
“The ones that stick in my mind are always Margot and Richie.
I mean, they’ve become iconic,” she says.
“You know what, I did know,” she says.
“I knew it because it was different than anything else I’d ever done.
We were payingsomuch attention to detail.
I mean, I was laughing all the time.
I make it sound like it was grueling, but it was really a huge amount of fun.”
“He’s such a unique filmmaker.
He has his own style, and it’s original.”
