Julianne Moore considers character wardrobes more than her own
Julianne Moore thinks more about her characters' fashion choices and the messages they send than her own.
Julianne Moore thinks more about her characters' fashion choices than her own.
The May December actress believes a costume helps to signify a lot about her alter egos and the messages they want to sent, but she doesn't necessarily acknowledge that she is doing that with her own wardrobe too.
She told WWD: “As an actor and in terms of costume, you’re always thinking about what is somebody trying to say with their clothes? What are the signifiers of this character, and often their wardrobe is part of that.
"So it is always interesting to me because I think of that less with myself, but of course, that’s a part of it. That’s why people are always asking about your alliances with certain brands. Why are you drawn to that? Because it is a window into what somebody’s taste is, what they like, what they appreciate.”
Despite being regarded as a fashion icon now, the 64-year-old actress admitted that hasn't always been the case.
She said: "Certainly starting out, I had no relationship with fashion...
“[Your taste] just sort of develops and grows. Your eye changes and what you want to wear and how you see yourself [changes].”
As a teenager, Julianne lived in Frankfurt, Germany, where her military judge father was stationed and she recalled how she began browsing local stores to develop her own sense of style, rather than shopping more mainstream US fashion on the base.
She said: “That was the first time that I started really investing in fashion, or thinking about it.
“I remember I begged my mother, we were buying winter coats, and I decided that I wanted a cape, which was particularly dramatic, and also particularly German. It was a big heavy wool cape with slits, not practical, but also more European in feel than certainly what was happening in the US fashion I was getting on the base. But it’s interesting, what you’re exposed to and what you’re drawn to.”
