by If I asked you to imagine your best, you would probably be on vacation, didn’t you? Imagine now that you have more money than you know what to do. Imagine there are 20 of you.
This is what it is to equip the occupation of The White Lotus, the HIT -HBO show, which is currently approaching the end of his third and most popular season. In Hawaii, then in Sicily, then in Thailand, the scenes are almost as beautiful as the stars in front of them.
The guests of the fictional hotel float around Four Seasons Properties (with changed branding), the Gucci sun hats, Valentino -Mini clothes and Loewe wear sunglasses, such as a resort collection that was brought to life. And that’s just a character.
But thank God! The costumes in the latest cult TV shows tend to the gymnasts, with the suits and shirts of the (undeniable brilliant) favorites of the 2020s replace the colorful costumes of the 2010s, which included Mad men, girls and game of thrones.
Checking into the White Lotus is a “golden ticket,” says costume designer Alex Bovaird, who is responsible for all three seasons of the show. The opulence of the show has increased with its number of spectators and again their budget. In the early days of the first season, when the following were 544,000 spectators in the United States, “the characters had two pairs of shoes,” says Bovaird. Four years later, the recent episode of the White Lotus reached 4.8 million US viewers and made it the most viewed episode of the show ever, and the series has become an official business partner of the Four Seasons Hotel Group. “Now you have 100 shoe selection,” laughs Bovaird.
The success of the second season in which Jennifer Coolidge, Aubrey Plaza and Leo Woodall played the leading role and won a Golden Globe for the Best Limited or Anthology series, meant that the pressure on Bovair was from the start. “[Creator] Mike White said: “The next season will be bigger and better!”
Bovaird exhibited hundreds of clothes from England, where she set for another job and sent her to Koh Samui in Thailand. Your first call harbor is always inspired by the real guests of the hotel or other luxury hotels nearby. “With Instagram it is easy to put the hashtag of Four Seasons Koh Samui or Mandarin Oriental in the hashtag, and all these people project their best in these hotels,” says Bovaird. “And that is what the guests of the white lotus do, maybe dress a bit extra. So it is perfect for real life.
Bovaird searches high and low for clothing. The outfits that you see on the screen on the screen may be directly from the Jacquemus Landenahn or from a boutique in Ibiza, but they could just as easily come from a charity. “In Kent there is a vintage marker and sparks camp shirt that someone wears this season,” says Bovaird. She also relies heavily on the British High Street and adds: “I have never made a show without a high street clothing.”
However, there are some basic rules. “We avoid black or gray or denim,” says Bovaird, who wants to keep the world of white lotus as “juicy and funny and colorful as possible”. Of course, the characters are not all well-dressed former models who look over in Jacquemus Resortwear (although some are. See how the Rosa boat is carried out of the ex-model Chloe, played by Charlotte Le Bon this season). Some are significantly unstylic, such as Patrick Schwarzenegger and season 1 Jake Lacy’s “Douchen” Bros brothers with their surrounding sunglasses and boat shoes. And some are invisible: Bovaird’s team handmade 34 uniforms for the White Lotus employee who work to satisfy the guests. Or at least quiet.
This season, his outfits earn an increasingly emerging quality, which is shown by Bovaird’s latest H&M cooperation (now sold out), which offered the chance to get “the white lotus look” for a fraction of the costs. And the third season has a variety of well -dressed women with whom many of the show’s actresses make a contribution to their appearance. This includes Lorazepam-prescribed southern mother of three Victoria, played Parker Posey, whose idea is essentially provided by a perfect vacation under general anesthesia while wearing a caftan.
“Parker had many ideas,” says Bovaird. “She has a good sense of style, so it was fun to jump in with her.” Bovaird compares Posey’s character with Tanya, played by Jennifer Coolidge in seasons one and two, which was also more crazy. “The idea for her was that she was not going into the pool, she doesn’t go to the beach. She leaves the hotel once, but in general she only sits around massages and is on her calming.” However, Victoria’s outfits are not as unaffordable as they may seem. The green layer dress that she wears in the first episode is a banana republic and the striped blue and white beach dress that she wears in episode three is Ganni.
Another fan favorite is a fun-loving British girl Chelsea, played by Aimee Lou Wood, who, according to Bovaird, says: “Has a versatile cloakroom from market finds, vintage pieces and some designer bits a few years ago.” To get her look, Bovaird converted Maxi dresses into minis and turned bikinis to be worn under light tops as a bras.
Then there are the “three women” of the third season, which Mike White described as “Big Blonde Blob” until they are differentiated by episode. “The idea was that they are almost identical at the beginning,” says Bovaird. “You have very similar bright, yellow tinted sunny; sparkling accessories; Cartier Watch; Valentino bag; Chanel shoes, you know.” Over time, Laurie (Carrie Coon), who is a working mother in New York, becomes more casual. The mother Kate (Leslie Bibb) becomes more conservative. And the actress Jaryn (Michelle Monaghan) stands out with her Bottega Veneta Beach bag and Jacques Marie Mage Sungbrasse.
As for men, the greatest inspiration this season comes from unrest Oddball Rick, played by Walton Goggins, who has a fabulous series of patterned shirts. “I knew that Rick’s shirts would go down well because all of them were obsessed while we made the show,” laughs Bovaird.
“When I went to Hawaii for the first time, I was fascinated by all men who wore Aloha shirts. Even the police, even the business people. So it only adds a bit of fun and taste. There are a lot of Aloha shirts in every season.” And while some come from the bazaars of Thailand, some may not come from that far. “There is a brand new that I bought in a business in Whitstable,” says Bovaird.
Although the white lotus paints an image of exotic opulence on the screen, the costumes of the show is actually surprisingly native. If someone has a good chance of creating it from scratch, then someone who drives through the high street shops of the southeast is. Although it would not hurt to add a little Jacquendus, for a good measure.
