The costume designer of Peacock’s bonkers series “Mrs. Davis” breaks down the challenges—and the fun—of dress ass-kicking nuns, cowboys, and cheesy magicians.
, nuns dressed in similar attire to that worn by the sisters of the Our Lady of the Immaculate Valley convent were on hand to spread the word of the new Peacock genre-bending series from Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof. In the globe-spanning venture, Gilpin plays the blue habit-wearing Sister Simone, who goes from making jam in Reno to taking on a powerful AI system, Mrs. Davis. Simone is also tasked with hunting down the actual Holy Grail, crossing paths with Mrs.
“Initially doing all the research and looking at the habits of what it should be, what that kind of sect of nuns actually would wear—all the brown—and I was thinking, ‘Oh, gosh, it just didn’t feel cartoony enough,’” says Coulthard. Aside from an ongoingjoke between Harris and Coulthard, the designer was also keen on incorporating a vibrant shade rather than traditional black and white. “It took a little bit of convincing other people,” the designer admits.
Considering how much is going on throughout Simone’s quest, it would be easy to overcomplicate the signature look. Whereas the color of the nun attire is eye-catching, Coulthard wanted to keep the headpiece Gilpin wears “as simple as possible.” It is another case of larger-than-life imagery that adds to the brilliantly weird tapestry. Even though it is using recognizable movie references and archetypes like nuns, cowboys, and magicians—David Arquette, as Simone’s father, sports several dazzlingfeels original. On paper, it might sound like ChatGPT had a hand in this, but AI could never come up with this level of nuance.
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