actors cloths (movie, tv show, on, cast)

[hifijohn]

this maybe a dumb question but except when an actor has to wear a uniform or period appropriate costume most actors on tv seem to wear just average cloths, so my question is -is this the cloths they are already wearing or do they still have yo do to wardrobe and get dressed the way the shows wants them??

[veuvegirl]

Wardrobe

[canadian citizen]

Clothes, not what you wrote.....


JiM B.

[IamReady2Move]

I saw an interview with an actress who was hired for a guest role on 'Law and Order'. The wardrobe person for the show called and asked what size the actress wore. The actress was a big gal who wore a size 12 shoe. The wardrobe person said maybe she could bring her own clothes.

[SabresFanInSA]

It can go both ways really. There have been shows where actors wear their own clothes but mostly they are dressed by the wardrobe dept

[ansky]

A lot of these shows probably have a team of 10 people that collaborate to decide whether an actor should wear the blue shirt or the black shirt.

[Chava61]

Originally Posted by hifijohn

this maybe a dumb question but except when an actor has to wear a uniform or period appropriate costume most actors on tv seem to wear just average cloths, so my question is -is this the cloths they are already wearing or do they still have yo do to wardrobe and get dressed the way the shows wants them??

The clothes are from the wardrobe dept.

[DanielAvery]

If the show is produced by a major studio/production company, they'll have a large wardrobe collection that they can pull from for the extras and background/supporting cast to wear. If you're a major star, though, they will certainly treat you much better: they will usually assign an employee to take the star on a shopping excursion to outfit them for the project. A TV show might even hire a wardrobe person to make/sew the outfits the leads wear if needed*. Typically, though, the production company does take responsibility for the wardrobe of the people who appear in the project, since it's another aspect of the production that they have to control. This is especially important if the project is a period piece or in a unique setting, because the extras' everyday clothing might be inappropriate.


I've heard of instances where extras will be paid special rates if they wear something unique to the production that the producers otherwise would have to provide--such as formal wear for a party scene. This would not only incentivize the extras to provide their own wardrobe, but it might help them get the job over some extra who would need to be outfitted.


* Rue McClanahan said that while she played Blanche on The Golden Girls, the wardrobe supervisor used to make dresses for her to wear on the show, and at the end of each season she had the option to buy them from the studio, which she often did because they fit her better than most clothing she bought off the rack. I'll assume that if they did this for McClanahan, they likely did the same for Betty White and Bea Arthur, also, since they were co-leads.

[Giesela]

I tend to get irritated a lot with "wardrobe". So often they have these characters that are supposed to poor and struggling and clearly the clothes they are wearing, while they make look casual, are high quality material and expensive, and probably tailored. Of course that often goes for their living quarters/neighborhoods as well. Once in a great while I'll see in an interview where the actor says they insisted on wearing cheap clothing to be more authentic, and you can tell.

[jackmccullough]

Wardrobe. My daughter-in-law was hired as an extra for Revolutionary Road, and she got to do a one-on-one scene with Leonardo DeCaprio (it was early in the movie, so when that scene didn't make it in the rest of the movie was a disappointment for us). She has big feet, but she happens to wear the same size as Kate Winslett, so she was all set.