https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:48:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655494 Thu, 05 May 2016 16:13:00 +0000 viva 1655494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There has always been great fashion on this show! I do miss Kalinda, whose outfits were always part corporate/part dominatrix. And Lucca Quinn wore an adorable dress this last Sunday night, when she questioned Diane's husband in court. (Of course, I love Lucca's hair!)</p> <p>Only one more episode. Hard to believe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655460 Thu, 05 May 2016 14:52:58 +0000 Janet 1655460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What, nothing about Kalinda's leather jackets? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655447 Thu, 05 May 2016 14:45:43 +0000 Angie 1655447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm surprised your haven't watched it, UmmLila. The first two seasons were formulaic - and then things got VERY interesting. Alecia Florrick's suits are Killer and I love her voice.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655355 Thu, 05 May 2016 12:49:53 +0000 Carole 1655355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is one of my favorite shows...I'm always impressed with the amazing style showcased by Alicia and Diane (the shows main characters). Alicia's chic and classy outfits, and Diane with her amazing jewelry. I'm going to miss this this weekly treat! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655280 Thu, 05 May 2016 07:37:14 +0000 rachylou 1655280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this. That is some detailed specific advice (!!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655275 Thu, 05 May 2016 07:28:10 +0000 bella 1655275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wait, The Good Wife is ending? :(((((((((((( </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655218 Thu, 05 May 2016 03:22:58 +0000 Anonymous 1655218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to laugh- this is my favourite network show, and last summer, I binged through about 5 seasons in a month - staying up every night until 2 in the morning drinking wine and living vicariously through Alicia and Will. (hot) . &nbsp;Anyways - yes, it is an interesting anthropological study of clothes . &nbsp;Alicia though, 6 seasons into it (or whatever it is) still wears the same pair of round toe uber high heel pumps she wore in season 2 or whenever they were in style.....proving she's human &nbsp;</p> <p>The wardrobing on this show is great - I love all of the suits, pumps, jewellery, bags..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-good-wife-fashion#post-1655139 Thu, 05 May 2016 00:10:58 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1655139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't watched this show, but this article was still interesting:&nbsp;</p> <p> ‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for Dressing - WSJ</p> <p> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for Dressing - WSJ 5/4/16, 8:09 PM </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div></p> <p> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers visit<br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.djreprints.com">http://www.djreprints.com</a>. </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-good-wife-and-its-lessons-for-dressing-1462384441">http://www.wsj.com/articles/th.....1462384441</a><br /> LIFE | STYLE &amp; FASHION | FASHION </p> <p>‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for<br /> Dressing </p> <p>As influential show winds down, the costume designer who outfitted its TV attorneys offers<br /> style tips for executive women </p> <p>Julianna Margulies’s character, Alicia Florrick, on the ‘The Good Wife’ PHOTO: CBS<br /> By TERI AGINS </p> <p>Updated May 4, 2016 3:24 p.m. ET </p> <p>When “The Good Wife” airs its final episode this Sunday after seven<br /> seasons, fashionable executive women will lose two influential<br /> standard-bearers. </p> <p>The show’s principal characters, well-dressed lawyers played by<br /> Julianna Margulies, age 49, and Christine Baranski, 64, exemplified<br /> business chic. Fans zeroed in on the zip-front peplum jackets worn by<br /> Alicia Florrick, played by Ms. Margulies, and the signature brooches<br /> and elegant jacquard dresses worn by Diane Lockhart, played by Ms.<br /> Baranski.</p> </div></div></div></div><div><br /> <div></p> <p> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>Brooches became a signature for Diane Lockhart, played by Christine Baranski. PHOTO: CBS </p> <p>Fashion that works on TV can work in real life, too. The Good Wife’s<br /> lawyers were outfitted by the show’s thrice-Emmy-nominated<br /> costume designer, Daniel Lawson. Mr. Lawson’s career includes<br /> daytime soap operas and the theater—and will continue with his work<br /> as the costume designer on “BrainDead,” a new CBS political series<br /> airing next month. Many of the fashion tricks he’s honed for TV<br /> amount to real solutions for mature women.</p> <p>Other TV actresses portraying well-dressed, powerful women have<br /> developed cult followings on blogs and social media: Robin Wright on<br /> Netflix’s “House of Cards,” Téa Leoni on CBS’s “Madame Secretary”<br /> and Kerry Washington on ABC’s “Scandal.” Even the designer frocks<br /> and status handbags on Bravo’s “Housewives” reality series have<br /> influenced middle-aged women’s sense of style. </p> <p>“The impact of these shows is that they’ve taught women over 50 that<br /> clothes are a powerful part of their identity—not to be so shy about<br /> clothes, to put themselves out there further and try new things,” says<br /> Betsy Fisher, whose namesake Washington, D.C., specialty store caters<br /> to executive women. </p> <p> </div><br /> </div></p> <p> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-good-wife-and-its-lessons-for-dressing-1462384441">http://www.wsj.com/articles/th.....1462384441</a> Page 2 of 7 </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for Dressing - WSJ 5/4/16, 8:09 PM </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>Executive women need a full range of social clothes, from smart suits<br /> to dressy casual ensembles for weekends and travel. “Dressy casual is<br /> the most difficult category for women to understand,” says Ms. Fisher.<br /> “You’ve got to get them out of the athletic look and step it up a notch<br /> to achieve polish so that you look as powerful at a weekend party as<br /> what you wear to the office.” </p> <p>Zip-front jackets are a staple for Julianna Margulies’s character, Alicia Florrick, on the ‘The Good<br /> Wife.’ PHOTO: CBS </p> <p>Just like regular consumers, Mr. Lawson had a clothing budget. Each<br /> episode of “The Good Wife” required a total of 100 to 250 costumes.<br /> Wardrobe expenses for each show—including clothing and all the<br /> trimmings that Mr. Lawson bought or rented—amounted to “the low<br /> tens of thousands of dollars for everybody,” he says. </p> <p>Rarely splurging, Mr. Lawson tried to get the most bang out of staples<br /> such as pencil skirts, pants and pumps, “workhorses that we could use<br /> and rework again.” Mr. Lawson says he shopped with an eagle eye for<br /> unique silhouettes, textured fabrics and “expensive-looking prints.”<br /> Women’s garments came from an eclectic mix of low and high labels,<br /> from Lafayette 148, Zara and Ann Taylor to Narciso Rodriguez, Etro<br /> and Giorgio Armani. </p> <p> </div><br /> </div></p> <p> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-good-wife-and-its-lessons-for-dressing-1462384441">http://www.wsj.com/articles/th.....1462384441</a> Page 3 of 7 </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for Dressing - WSJ 5/4/16, 8:09 PM </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>Mr. Lawson’s top cheap-chic hits: Kenneth Jay Lane costume jewelry<br /> and Arthur S. Levine for Tahari women’s suits, which sell for about<br /> $120. “We used three or four of those suits on Julianna in the first<br /> season,” Mr. Lawson says. </p> <p>The costume designer’s fashion team included a secret weapon for any<br /> shopper: Brian Turpin, a skilled tailor. Mr. Turpin redesigned a<br /> bargain find—a tiny size 2 cream-colored Narciso Rodriguez sheath<br /> dress—to fit the size 4 Ms. Margulies by adding black color-block<br /> panels to the side seams and black trim to its sleeves. </p> <p>Mr. Lawson admits to his share of fashion misses in dressing actors for<br /> TV. “On Julianna, there was this Narciso Rodriguez jacket and dress in<br /> color block that looked so good on her in real life” but didn’t read well<br /> on camera, he says. </p> <p>Daniel Lawson, wardrobe designer for ‘The Good Wife,’ with seven seasons’ worth of clothes for<br /> the characters. PHOTO: CBS </p> <p>Broadway Stages in Brooklyn, N.Y., the principal set where the show<br /> films, warehouses seven seasons’ worth of clothes, hung with markers<br /> for each character. As Mr. Lawson talked about the outfits he pulled<br /> together, he spilled some tricks of his trade. </p> <p>Camera-test tricky garments in advance. At weddings and reunions,<br /> everybody is taking pictures and videos. “Take a selfie and blow it up<br /> on a computer screen to scrutinize how you’ll really look on camera,”<br /> he says. </p> <p>Choose a two-way zipper. On a dress, “you can adjust the zipper to<br /> create a back vent to show as much leg as you want and for ease of<br /> walking.” Two-way zip functions for suit jackets, too. “On ‘The Good<br /> Wife,’ my lawyers are sitting all the time,” he says. A character “can zip<br /> it open a bit from the bottom, and her jacket doesn’t ride up.” </p> <p>Ruching and gathers at the waist, so forgiving on most women, can<br /> look “like a million wrinkles” on camera, he says. He also steers away<br /> from all-black clothes that turn “to nothing on camera—you can’t see </p> <p> </div><br /> </div></p> <p> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-good-wife-and-its-lessons-for-dressing-1462384441">http://www.wsj.com/articles/th.....1462384441</a> Page 4 of 7 </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for Dressing - WSJ 5/4/16, 8:09 PM </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>any of the details, the seaming or belting.” </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>Peg hems on boxy straight skirts. “When you pull in that straight<br /> skirt to be narrower at the hem, you emphasize the hips, the waist, the<br /> shoulder line, creating the hourglass silhouette.” </p> <p>Jacquard fabrics and brocades often have visually interesting textures that camouflage bulges. </p> <p>PHOTO: CBS </p> <p>Consider jacquard fabric, such as a teal and black jacquard sheath<br /> dress and jacket in matching colors but subtly different textures.<br /> “This is one of those illusions. The pattern takes your eye away from<br /> what’s going on underneath and hides wrinkles, giant muscles” and<br /> bulges, he says. </p> <p>An A-shaped tank top is most flattering “because it skims—and<br /> doesn’t cling to your body,” he says. Ideally, it’s not too long, cropped<br /> right below the waist, so it can be “worn tucked out with the illusion of<br /> being tucked in.” </p> <p>Cap sleeves extend the shoulder line to create the illusion that your<br /> waist is smaller. </p> <p>Soft shoulder pads offer structure and a better line to loose jackets,<br /> dresses and blouses. </p> <p>Peplums and seams “with curves and angles that come in at the waist<br /> make your waist smaller,” he says. “A peplum skirt on a jacket creates<br /> a waistline on everybody.” </p> <p>Choose one “star” focal point. Margo Martindale, who plays Ruth<br /> Eastman, a political strategist on “The Good Wife,” is a size 18. Mr.<br /> Lawson dressed her to look svelte in a flowing navy jacket, narrow<br /> navy pants and a “star” blouse: a $100 pale gray flared top in polyester,<br /> with an asymmetrical color-block of charcoal satin along the pointed<br /> front hem. </p> <p>Ditch your old suit jackets. You can’t recycle them into dressy casual </p> <p> </div><br /> </div></p> <p> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-good-wife-and-its-lessons-for-dressing-1462384441">http://www.wsj.com/articles/th.....1462384441</a> Page 5 of 7 </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for Dressing - WSJ 5/4/16, 8:09 PM </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div></p> <p> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>Peplums on jackets and seams that come in at the waist help define a woman’s waistline. PHOTO:<br /> CBS </p> <p>components. “Let’s say that your favorite jacket is from 1993. It’s<br /> Armani, and I know you looked great, but let it go. The fabric, the<br /> lapels the shape are from the past. It doesn’t look modern. Plus, you<br /> aren’t the same person you were 20 years ago, you’ve changed too,”<br /> says Mr. Lawson. </p> <p>A play of lengths “is extremely modern on an older woman. Such as a<br /> blouse, top or T-shirt that hangs out below your jacket—and what if it<br /> hangs out lower asymmetrically, that’s even cooler. And mix dressy<br /> fabrics (such as jacquard or brocade) with denim—that’s modern too.” </p> <p>Cropped pants are for everybody, whether you’re tall or short. “The<br /> variable is getting the right proportion...which depends on the width<br /> of the leg,” he says. </p> <p>At fast-fashion stores like H&amp;M and Zara where clothes aren’t<br /> grouped by category, he says: “Shop with a plan—focus on one item at<br /> a time—and only look at dresses or jackets, for example. You’re looking<br /> for that silhouette, that shape. You can’t look for everything at once;<br /> otherwise you are paralyzed with choice.” </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-good-wife-and-its-lessons-for-dressing-1462384441">http://www.wsj.com/articles/th.....1462384441</a> Page 6 of 7 </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div><br /> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>‘The Good Wife’ and Its Lessons for Dressing - WSJ 5/4/16, 8:09 PM </p> <p> </div><br /> </div><br /> <div></p> <p> <div><br /> <div></p> <p>Choose a ‘star’ focal point for your outfit. In this case, Ruth Eastman, a political strategist played<br /> by Margo Martindale, wears a pale gray top with an asymmetrical color-block of charcoal satin<br /> and a pointed front hem. PHOTO: CBS </p> <p>At mass discounters like TJ Maxx and factory outlet malls, “shop<br /> without a plan.” You’re on a treasure hunt. You don’t know what you’ll<br /> find. “Shop the clearance racks for the past season for those dressy<br /> casual pieces,” he says. “They are giving them away for 80% off—and<br /> they don’t go out of style.” </p> <p>Write to Teri Agins at <a href="mailto:askteri@wsj.com">askteri@wsj.com</a> </p> <p>Copyright 2014 Dow Jones &amp; Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved </p> <p>This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. 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