wwd.com/pop-culture: Tombolo and HBO’s “The White Lotus” reunited for the third season of the Emmy Award-winning series, crafting new costumes and pieces for the cast. While the New York City brand’s pieces have been featured previously in the first two seasons of “The White Lotus,” the third season offered an opportunity for the brand to design custom creations for the show’s characters.
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White Lotus does such a fantastic job of critiquing habits of critiquing the relationship between tourism and neocolonialism in a way that feels fun, fresh, interesting, and manages to satirize the habits of the ultra-rich in a way that never gets old. Costume designer Alex Bovaird ties this into the clothing of the show exceptionally well—using traditional western silhouettes and colors mixed with understated patterns and motifs of this season’s White Lotus Hotel location (Thailand) is a subtle but powerful way to show how these tourists are often tone-deaf, or at least ignorant, of their host country’s customs. I loved the part about how Bovaird overdyed certain fabrics to match the show’s warm color grading. There’s a unique set of challenges that come with costuming for film and television that I would never even think to address on my own. The way a camera picks up certain colors, sheens, and textures from fabrics that the naked eye would never notice can completely change how it is seen and Bovaird was smart for taking that into account ahead of time.
I love The White Lotus, not neccesarily because of the plot but because of the vibe. I think that The White Lotus is a masterclass cinematography, production design, costume design, and direction working together seamlessly. I thought this article was quite unique in its highlighting how brands work with costume design. I had no idea that brands collaborate almost as a costume designer on productions. I am glad that Tombolo this season was really working on integrating iconography from Thailand within their pieces. I was also interested to learn about how costumers work with the cinematography department, particularly in color grading. The article mentioned how they were not happy with the shade of a garment under the colorgrading so they hand died it locally. Which first of all is so cool, but secondly I am curious to know if there are times dedicated to testing the set and costumes under color grading or if that is a see it day of production and make edits then sort of thing.
I am currently watching The White Lotus with my boyfriend and we love it. First it’s a great show and also has excellent character creating, which includes their wardorbe. All the different characters, what their motives might be, and how they are shown through their wardrobe and mannerisms. I think costumes and style is a wonderful insight to who they are as a person. It is up to the costume designer to express personality in clothing expertly. I love the attention to detail that they have put into the costumes and taking parts of thailand iconography and putting discreet nods to thai culture within their clothing.I am always amazed by costume designers and their attention to every detail within the clothing, often things that audience would every really notice but are still important parts of the costuming process. I can’t wait to keep watching the show and looking for the little details that are weaved into the clothing of each character.
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