Calva’s Manny manifests his grand Hollywood dreams — and then confronts a nightmare — all while wearing costumes by Oscar-nominated designer Mary Zophres.
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Manny likely resourcefully borrowed the mismatched jacket and bow tie from the producer’s suited henchmen. His shirt cuffs are overexposed from the blazer sleeve, and the point collar is too floppy. But Manny is dressing for the Hollywood job he wants. “He’s very much an observer of where he is,” says Zophres. “There’s not a thing that this character misses.”
“Just the way the lapels were shaped and sewn — and the size of them — and where the button placement was,” says Zophres of homing in on the subtle, yet sumptuous, detailing that telegraphed success and power in the era. The formal suiting also illustrates Mexican American immigrant Manny’s code-switching as he breaks into the studio boys club.
Previously foregoing neckties, Manny debuts the “power tie” of the era, boasting an opulent silk brocade pattern. Zophres found a treasure trove of perfect-condition late-1920s neckwear, which she distributed among the power players: Thalberg, Manny and his previous producer boss. “Manny’s mimicking the type of tie that those two other executives wear,” she says.
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