

Basically, it's all genius, inspired, exciting beyond belief, and probably has already won 15 Academy Awards, but(!) the big question is who will play whom? And, if casting rumors prove to be true, this fam is going to be stacked.Įmma Stone, Meryl Streep (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), and Florence Pugh are all said to be in talks for the film as well as Gerwig's Lady Bird stars Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan. He’s one of the most stylish people I’ve ever met.According to Variety, Greta Gerwig is the woman bringing Louisa May Alcott's CLASSIC tale of the March sisters-Jo, Meg, Beth (sob), and Amy (ugh)-to the big screen. When we were fitting for them, I’d tell him, Look at these things, this is what you got, how would you wear it? That’s how we went on and got the flavor of Timothée into the style of the clothes,” Durran told Vulture. “He contributed so strongly to how he wore the clothes.

I had lots of modern references.” Aside from Chalamet’s modern-day love of ruffled satin blouses and tailored suits, Durran also revealed that her main creative influences for Laurie’s wardrobe were a young Bob Dylan, the subculture of British Teddy Boys, and, most specifically, James Tissot’s impressionist painting The Circle of the Rue Royale. “I tried to find a way into a look that wasn’t alienating. “I was looking for a style of suit that would be accessible to a young audience in terms of what they wanted to look at Timothée wearing,” explained Durran. fashionable French male socialites-as well as the work of 19th-century poet Charles Baudelaire to prepare for his role as Little Women’s leading man.Īccording to Vulture, the film’s costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, had Chalamet’s fiercely loyal fan base in mind as well when it came to styling the actor, which is why his Laurie Laurence wardrobe ever so subtly echoes his own. Gerwig added that she encouraged Chalamet to research and read essays about dandies and flaneurs-a.k.a. “She did hang a bunch of different costumes in his trailer and say, ‘Whatever you want to put together.’” “The truth is Jacqueline, the costume designer, said Timothée has such a fabulous sense of style that she basically would just let him do what he wanted,” said Gerwig during her interview. His sartorial instincts are so strong in fact that Little Women director Greta Gerwig revealed during an interview on Variety’s The Big Ticket podcast that Chalamet essentially styled himself for his role of Laurie Laurence in the latest adaption of the literary classic. There’s no arguing that Timothée Chalamet is a burgeoning fashion icon for the next generation. “He’s one of the most stylish people I’ve ever met,” the film’s costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, told Vulture.Greta Gerwig revealed during a podcast interview that Timothée Chalamet was heavily involved in the styling of his character, Laurie, in the director’s adaption of Little Women.
