


“We tried to make it 100% like what you saw in the court pictures.” And if we couldn’t find it, then we recreated it ourselves.”įrecon added that the costume design department also examined images of what Sorkin wore in her court proceedings. “After we figured it out… We then had to find it - and we would source places like Poshmark, Farfetch, anywhere we could go to find the exact outfit. Most of it was from past seasons, obviously, because it was a few years ago,” said Frecon. “We would also research whoever was in a photo with… We’d find out their timeline, go down rabbit hole after rabbit hole of what they were wearing at that time. Paolo and Frecon’s job was to bring the looks of Sorokin and several of her acquaintances (including Alexis Floyd as Neffatari “Neff” Davis and Katie Lowes as Rachel DeLoache Williams) to the screen - while also creating new characters who were reimagined into the show’s world, such as Vivian Kent (Anna Chlumsky) who replaces Pressler. 11 on Netflix, is inspired by the 2018 New York Magazine investigation by Jessica Pressler, who dove into the life of Sorkin and examined how she scammed her way to the top of New York society and business while pretending to have a fortune of $60 million. Shonda Rimes’ nine-episode series, which premiered Feb.
ANNA DELVEY STYLE TRIAL
“Inventing Anna” follows faux-heiress Anna Delvey (née Anna Sorokin) ( Julia Garner) as she awaits trial for grand larceny and theft of services. “And that was extensive research… Even before we got into the fashion elements, we had to recreate that whole Instagram wall, and also all of the court looks.” “The very beginning of the project was actually more about research and matching everything that the real Anna wore for her Instagram - which sort of became our Greek chorus,” Paolo told Variety.

When bringing a “whole story is completely true, except for all the parts that are totally made up” to life, “ Inventing Anna” costume designers Lyn Paolo and Laura Frecon had to dive into Instagram.
