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    ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’: Emma Corrin Reveals How She Felt Empowered By The “Masculine” Costumes

    Emma Corrin who plays the character Connie in ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ reveals how she felt empowered by the “masculine” costumes. The new film is set to hit the theatres and the streaming platform Netflix on December 2. The nearly hundred-year old source material for the film once roused calls for censorship worldwide.

    D.H. Lawrence’s novel explores themes of class, relationships and sexual pleasure while remaining grounded in the time period of 1929s England. Read on to know more about ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ novel and about Corrin’s take on the film.

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    Costume Designer For LCL Reveals The Journey To Make That Perfect Dress

    Emma Corrin in Lady Chatterley’s Lover

    Costume designer Emma Fryer had much to consider during her creative process: the changing seasons, the locales (London as well as the countryside), and the characters’ actual and symbolic journeys. Clifford Chatterley (Matthew Duckett) and Connie (Emma Corrin) marry early in the film. Connie’s wedding dress underwent quite an evolution during Fryer’s preproduction preparation, starting as a period costume and eventually becoming a less structured piece from the label Needle and Thread.

    Fryer recounts, “There was a lot of conversation about the wedding dress!” Connie marries into what she thinks will be a conventional life but “there is that [underlying] spirit in her from the beginning,” says Corrin, who remembers the progression from initial fitting to on-screen debut. “That transition from structured [to] free flowing spoke a lot about how we were figuring out Connie,” Corrin who played Princess Diana in ‘The Crown’ notes.

    As Connie moves into the country with her husband, the London fashions eventually transition into an unquestionably lighter yet layered country-casual look. “There was a see-through quality about them,” notes Fryer, “which helped with the journey of the story and her whole journey as a character.”

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    Why Emma Corrin Felt Empowered In “Masculine” Clothes?

    Emma Corrin

    Wearing the costumes helped Corrin delve into the role. “There was a real sense of stripping back all these layers, the literal and metaphorical layers, she was taking off,” they explain.

    Connie takes full ownership of her decisions. The direction her life goes isn’t one she could have predicted. As Corrin speaks of the character: “She’s grown so much, you really see that reflected in what she wears. The more masculine element of the costumes really helped convey that strength of character.”

    The story still resonates, and finds relevance, with its themes even today and in a country devoid of nobility and royal titles. “Connie goes on this journey of realizing that this [relationship and life] is something she can want for herself and something she can need and that’s okay,” Corrin notes.

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    Trisha Gayathri is an ardent writer and a public speaker. She has a masters in English from Women's Christian College, Chennai. She loves to read and 'Book Thief' is her favourite. She knows everything about music and fandom. Her motto in life is to entertain people and thereby placing her first step into entertainment by writing for the entertainment unit of First Curiosity.
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