Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret Photo: Harper’s Bazaar
Dressing as Margaret changed my life because it was the first time I went so deep with a character through her fashion choices. She was the girl of Paris, really, always at the Dior and Chanel shows. Costume designer Michele Clapton wanted the clothes to represent Margaret’s internal life. It was about more than being period accurate; her wardrobe had to telegraph what she was feeling and where she was in her journey. For example, the dress she wears when she kisses her forbidden love, Group Captain Peter Townsend , in his office, is off the shoulder and pink chiffon. It’s romantic and free and daring, and it swishes down the corridor as she runs off.
Vanessa Kirby – British actress. Ms Kirby plays Princess Margaret in the Netflix television series The Crown.
This quote is from an essay in Harper’s Bazaar, August 2018.
OverDressed for Life 
Those wildly glamorous days!
Thank you for the info on THE CROWN. I had let this film series pass me by, but am now tracking it down.Merci ! Jacquelyn Goudeau
PS, may I recommend the Book by Battina Ballard, IN MY FASHION.Such good behind the scenes of Paris/NY Vogue . Read library copy and had to buy a copy! Worth every penny !
Thank you Jacquelyn. You will enjoy The Crown – 1st season now available on DVD. I look forward to running into you at the next ADSC lecture, whenever that might be.