Image credit: Reese Witherspoon in a scene from Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
After watching a movie for the first or, if it’s a favourite, fiftieth time there are inevitably many elements that require unpacking, not the least of which is the wardrobe—especially if the film features characters wearing exceptionally chic fashion. But what happens to all those covetable pieces after the film wraps?
For instance, whose brain wasn’t flooded with lingering questions about Cameron Diaz’s incredible wardrobe in classic 2006 festive rom-com, ? Not only were we left wondering what packing wizardry was involved to enable her character, Amanda, to fit all those amazing coats into just two suitcases, but (and this is probably the more pressing of the questions) where can we purchase every single item she wore in the entire film?
Similar questions have arisen around other noteworthy film wardrobes, think: every look each cast member wore—with the exception of Andy’s famous “lumpy blue sweater”—in or the scene-stealing canary yellow dress Kate Hudson’s character, Andie, wears to the black-tie diamond gala event in . Or even more left-of-field, but equally iconic looks, like the red tracksuit worn by Chas Tenenbaum (Ben Stiller) in Wes Anderson’s classic, .
According to an article in the now-defunct, , what happens to the clothes from a film shoot or a TV show is actually up to the “producers and the studio”. Speaking to the publication, producer Michael Flannigan said in some instances, the cast members get to keep their costumes, while on other projects the clothes are sold to the crew. “Several actors have it in their contracts that they get the pick of their wardrobe. Other than that,” Flannigan reportedly said, “we have a fire sale, typically only for the crew, at the end to sell as much as we can.” One other, and very common option, is for studios and producers to store costumes in meticulously kept archives.
With each studio and project adhering to different rules around costume ownership, it’s only when a celebrity puts an iconic costume they’ve been gifted up for auction, or opens up in an interview, that we finally have answers to our burning movie wardrobe questions.
Here, we round up all the iconic outfits that your favourite stars have revealed they kept from set.
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Reese Witherspoon,
Who could forget the wardrobe Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods wore in 2001’s and the 2003 sequel,? The pink, the heels, the Elle Woods of it all, left an indelible mark on our hearts from the minute the Oscar-winning actress stepped onto the screen in character. Indeed, Elle Woods and her wardrobe are so iconic even Kim Kardashian West paid tribute to her by recreating a number of her outfits and the character’s Harvard admissions video for Halloween in 2019. Of course, we have always wondered what happened to that pink, sparkly wardrobe—and now we know.
In an appearance on , as reported by , Witherspoon revealed that she had it written into her contract that she would keep the clothes from , including a staggering 77 pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes. The actress revealed that she has had them in storage and took them out on the 15th anniversary of the movie to show her daughter.
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Olivia Newton-John,
The whereabouts of the iconic “bad Sandy” skintight leather look Olivia Newton-John wears in has been a mystery for many years. But, it turns out, Newton-John had it all this time, with the actress putting the outfit up for auction in 2019, where it fetched a whopping US$405,700 (approximately AU$586,283).
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Sarah Jessica Parker,
Between the long-running series and the two movies, Sarah Jessica Parker built up quite a wardrobe playing Carrie Bradshaw. reports the star revealed in an interview that she was able to keep the majority of her wardrobe from the TV series, which she reportedly kept in an archive. And, while the actress didn’t reveal if she was lucky enough to keep her wardrobe from the two movies, we hope that it was a similar take-home situation after the films wrapped.
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Audrey Hepburn,
In an auction of Audrey Hepburn’s personal items held in 2017, a two-piece outfit designed by Hubert de Givenchy (who also designed her iconic dress) for her role as Regina Lampert in 1963 comedic mystery film, , was auctioned off, the auction seeming to confirm that the actress had been lucky enough to keep the dress from the set.
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