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Madonnas costume designer teases us about the tour!

W.E.'s Oscar-nominated costume designer on working with Madonna - and why Cartier wants to destroy her replicas of Wallis Simpson's jewellery Oscar-nominated: Arianne Phillips designed the costumes for Madonna's film W.E.

Madonna's directing skills on W.E. may have received some mixed reviews, but when it comes to costumes, the response was universally positive.

So feted were Arianne Phillips's efforts at dressing lead actors Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy, she won a Costume Designer's Guild award last night, and is up for an Academy Award this weekend.

Now, in a new interview, the stylist, who had long collaborated with Madonna on costumes for her tours, describes her painstaking research into the clothing and jewellery worn by Edward and Wallis Simpson, and how she recreated their looks for the big screen.

She told Refinery29.com: 'I knew [Wallis] was fashionable, but I didn't realize the kind of scope of what a devoted couture client she was.

'I didn't she know she was a client of Gabrielle Chanel or Madeleine Vionnet. I unearthed all of these cool treasure troves of incredible Parisian haute couture from the '30s. It was fantastic!'

Ms Phillips revealed that recreating the jewellery - an important part of the film's narrative - was one of her biggest challenges.

'To use the real clothes and jewelry that belonged to the Duke and Duchess was an impossibility because it's privately owned or in museums,' she explained.

'I knew we needed to reach out to Cartier because the cross bracelet was famously the centerpiece of the film. I needed the context of what their jewelry was about.'

Enlisting the help of jeweller Neil Lane, she told how they scoured auctions for original pieces, and even persuaded Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels to make replicas. Not that she - or indeed anyone else - gets to keep them. Painstaking research: The stylist, who dressed actress Andrea Riseborough for the lead role, discovered that Wallis Simpson was a loyal couture client of Gabrielle Chanel and Madeleine Vionnet Ms Phillips persuaded Cartier to create a replica of the priceless cross bracelet that the Duchess of Windsor (left) was often seen wearing. The replica worn by Miss Riseborough (right) though, will now be destroyed

'We recreated 10 pieces with Cartier,' she revealed. 'They own them because it's their design and copyright. They are housed in Switzerland, I believe.


'They are going to dispose of them and destroy them this year, just because it's like trying to recreate a Picasso or another great work of art. It would devalue the original that's privately owned.' Historical accuracy: Ms Phillips' attention to detail is clear to see in the W.E. wedding scenes... ...She has closely referenced the actual headpiece and gown worn by Wallis at her 1937 wedding to the Duke of Windsor at the Chateau de Candé in Monts, France

Van Cleef & Arpels also owns the bracelet it recreated for the film, but has not told the stylist what it intends to do with it.

Designing the costumes for W.E. also offered Ms Phillips the opportunity to work alongside Madonna. But for a woman who has styled the star for the red carpet and countless tours, this was nothing new - and in fact the process was remarkably similar.

'We still had the same kind of conversations,' she said 'She's been directing me for 14 years and is the captain of her own ship.' Longtime collaborators: Ms Phillips has worked with Madonna, pictured performing at this year's Super Bowl, for over 14 years, and will co-ordinate the costumes for her upcoming tour

She explained that the difference was really in seeing Madonna on the other side of the camera, as a crew member.

'She's so disarming, though,' Ms Phillips continued. 'She's very focused on the work, and doesn't treat anyone really any differently. But you still really have to step up to the plate!'

Ms Phillips will be returning to her stylist roots to design costumes for Madonna's upcoming tour, which she says is top secret, but promises 'will be the most incredible tour of all time'.

'You can get a hint of that from the Super Bowl, although it won't look like that at all,' she teased.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2104853/Arianne-Phillips-W-E-s-Oscar-nominated-costume-designer-working-Madonna--Cartier-wants-destroy-replicas-Wallis-Simpsons-jewellery.html#ixzz1nAkDvzkB

