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‘Bridget Jones’ Costume Designer on Recreating Those Iconic Penguin Pajamas and Bridget’s Mini Skirts: ‘Why Wouldn’t a Woman in her 50s Wear Short Skirts?’
Bridget Jones costume designer Molly Rowe on recreating pieces earlier films, sourcing original clothing and where to shop the best outfits online.
In “Mad About the Boy,” the fourth installment of the “Bridget Jones” franchise, a lot has changed in the 10 years since we last saw our blundering, endearing and endlessly relatable titular character canonically played by Renée Zellweger. But the millions of adoring fans of the “Bridget Jones” universe, which began as a book series in 1996 before being adapted into the hugely successful movie franchise in 2001, will be happy to know that some things stay the same — including Hugh Grant as the impossibly charming bachelor, Daniel Cleaver. “When we meet her, she’s trying to get through the day so it felt very important that there was nothing kind of new and unworn and pristine,” says Rowe, who sourced much of the clothing at charity shops and consignment stores across Bridget’s home in Hampstead in North London.
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