"Mistresses," revolving around four friends with individual styles, could revive memories of another ABC drama of past Sunday nights. Though the characters and looks are very different from "Desperate Housewives," both shows do have a costume designer in common, Roemehl Hawkins.
Hawkins, also the costume designer for "Devious Maids," tells Zap2it, "This is more good old-fashioned fashion."
To build the "Mistresses" characters' wardrobes, Hawkins draws from the women around Los Angeles. Characters that would be more formal elsewhere have the laid-back L.A. vibe.
For instance, most lawyers wear suits, or at the very least conservative dresses with conservative jackets. But Alyssa Milano's character, Savi, has a unique approach to dressing for the office. "I can't remember seeing a lawyer on TV that is not wearing traditional suits," Hawkins says. "Alyssa and I worked very closely to create her character."
Here she is wearing a Michael Kors dress with a draped neck.
Hawkins, also the costume designer for "Devious Maids," tells Zap2it, "This is more good old-fashioned fashion."
To build the "Mistresses" characters' wardrobes, Hawkins draws from the women around Los Angeles. Characters that would be more formal elsewhere have the laid-back L.A. vibe.
For instance, most lawyers wear suits, or at the very least conservative dresses with conservative jackets. But Alyssa Milano's character, Savi, has a unique approach to dressing for the office. "I can't remember seeing a lawyer on TV that is not wearing traditional suits," Hawkins says. "Alyssa and I worked very closely to create her character."
Here she is wearing a Michael Kors dress with a draped neck.
- 7/22/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Beverly Hills maids, as would be expected, are more fashionable than housekeepers elsewhere.
The help and their employers in Lifetime's fun prime-time soap "Devious Maids," are, for the most part, well dressed and sexy.
"They are the best-dressed maids," costume designer Roemehl Hawkins tells Zap2it. "It is crazy. But it is fun because it is Beverly Hills, and it is a heightened reality. I have done some styling and have showed up at actresses' houses, and a lot of times the actresses will give them some of their swag, and maids are rocking the designer jeans, and they are better dressed than I am. I am sure it is a little different in other cities."
The only questionable choices in the first couple of episodes are seriously impractical shoes. In one scene, Marisol (Ana Ortiz) scrubs a blood-splattered room wearing red high-heeled wedges.
"I took down the shoes a little bit,...
The help and their employers in Lifetime's fun prime-time soap "Devious Maids," are, for the most part, well dressed and sexy.
"They are the best-dressed maids," costume designer Roemehl Hawkins tells Zap2it. "It is crazy. But it is fun because it is Beverly Hills, and it is a heightened reality. I have done some styling and have showed up at actresses' houses, and a lot of times the actresses will give them some of their swag, and maids are rocking the designer jeans, and they are better dressed than I am. I am sure it is a little different in other cities."
The only questionable choices in the first couple of episodes are seriously impractical shoes. In one scene, Marisol (Ana Ortiz) scrubs a blood-splattered room wearing red high-heeled wedges.
"I took down the shoes a little bit,...
- 6/30/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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