‘W.E.’ costume designer Arianne Phillips reveals how she recreated Mrs Simpson’s famously lavish taste in fashion for
Madonna.
Wallis Simpson
was “That Woman”: a strikingly glamorous and impeccably dressed
American adventuress whose attempts to infiltrate English society
sparked suspicion, snobbery, ridicule and – ultimately – ostracism. So
even a cod psychologist could venture a
guess as to what first attracted
Madonna to the idea of directing a film about her. For while Madonna might not have prompted a king to abdicate, and the
Duchess of Windsor never donned a conical bra and simulated intimate acts on stage with a backing dancer, the two women have a fair bit in
common. – -
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