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Leda's series of sweetheart-neckline and wide-strap maillot remain her consistent throughout the movie. (Due to Covid protocols, crew members in the production bubble doubled as extras, including Gibbon, who's delightfully dancing about in the background.) Observing the lively crowd, Leda reluctantly accepts caretaker Lyle (Ed Harris)'s invitation to dance and immediately surrenders to the euphoric party anthem that is Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer." The dress's vibrant color and sheen enhance the pure sweaty, unrestrained moment, as Leda waves her arms in the air and belts out the karaoke favorite. "I love the way we see Leda wearing that dress and eating a souvlaki in the street. "I had an image of Miuccia Prada on the runway, after a show, wearing a silk dress in that shade on my original boards for Leda," says Gibbon.
Her bright magenta pink - and almost ominously red - wrap-dress by Max Mara (above) foreshadows a silent showdown to come. She wanders into a boisterous party in town, while noshing on a gyro (which, unrelated, looks absolutely divine). Leda slowly begins losing control, while exposing more to herself and possibly Nina. But during the hubbub, Elena's beloved doll goes missing, sending the two women, at their different stages of motherhood, into a spiral in confronting their own feelings and each other. After finding a lost Elena, Leda later ingratiates herself with Nina. Leda then attracts the ire of Nina's somewhat-threatening in-laws by not relinquishing her beach chair for their birthday celebration. Leda is immediately intrigued by the American and her demanding four-year-old, Elena (Athena Martin Anderson), perhaps because Leda sees a bit of herself within the charged mother-daughter dynamic. She was in control."Įnjoying an ice cream cone, Leda's tranquil solitude is interrupted by the arrival of Nina and her raucous family - from Queens, not Naples, as in the book. That she was in this kind of controlled situation. "We wanted it to feel very calm at the beginning. It looked really beautiful and, when the sun shone through, it just felt almost serene about her," says Gibbon. Leda first wanders onto a deserted beach and contentedly sets up her spot, while wearing a crisp white and eyelet-detailed cover-up by BFC/ Vogue Designer Fashion Fund recipients palmer//harding (above).
Leda in a palmer//harding cover-up shirt-dress. (Leda's bespoke white skirt-suit and blouse, which bookends the film, contains flashback Easter Eggs, referencing "Leda and the Swan" and her daughters' white dresses.)
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For her array of sarongs and cover-ups, he looked to Max Mara and Greek-label Parthenis, plus custom-made pieces - "trying to give it that timelessness," Gibbon says.
"Very much, we wanted to get that kind of simplicity."Įvoking "a classic seaside holiday," he gave Leda a "very neutral palette" on '50s and '60s-inspired silhouettes with minimal patterns and devoid of embellishments. They're very distinct silhouettes, but they're not scream-out-loud clothes," Gibbons says. Inspired by Monica Vitti's "iconic" sweater in "L'Avventura," Gyllenhaal envisioned a strong signature through current-day Leda's Greek vacation wardrobe. (Jessie Buckley plays 20-something Leda in illuminating flashbacks revealing the character's past decisions and intentions with Nina.) Gibbon held frequent "quite quick" conversations with U.K.-based Colman, who plays an enigmatic British professor with two grown daughters, vacationing solo from New England. "Dakota, I think she was at Gwyneth Paltrow's house," he says. Photo: Yannis Drakoulidis/Courtesy of NetflixĪlso thanks to Covid, the film switched locations from New Jersey to Greece, and Gibbon continued to prep virtually with the leads. Nina (Dakota Johnson) and Leda (Olivia Colman) have a crisis on the beach.