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While accuracy was important for Paolo throughout the series, it was especially important for the episodes depicting Sorokin‘s trial once she was finally caught. Sorokin‘s real-life trial captivated many, as the scammer enlisted stylist Anastasia Walker who dressed her in Michael Kors, Saint Laurent, Victoria Beckham and her signature black-rimmed Celine glasses.

The general public might just think that lady looks nice, but for us it was important to show the different stages of how Anna elevated herself.”Ī still from “Inventing Anna” NICOLE RIVELLI/NETFLIX “You can tell when you’re walking down the street if someone is in whatever designer. “Anna amped up her fashion game because she was playing with the big boys or the big girls,” the costume designer said. With socialite Nora - played by Kate Norton - Sorokin wears Chanel jackets and logo-bearing designer handbags to fit in with her highbrow friends. When Sorokin attends New York Fashion Week with stylist Val - played by James Cusati-Moyer - the character resembles a “Hitchcock blonde” with her elegant, chic style. When telling the story from the perspective of lifestyle mogul Talia Mallay - played by Marika Dominczyk - who vacations in the Hamptons and Ibiza, Sorokin is seen wearing an array of colorful caftans and high-end resortwear. With Sorokin’s changing persona came a different style. For me, it was an interesting jigsaw puzzle.” We were true to her as much as we could be. It was an interesting project in that you have several different levels of storytelling with all the different Annas, but then you have the real Anna, too. “It was telling the story that Anna kept reinventing herself. “It wasn’t just about putting pretty clothes on a pretty human,” Paolo said. Some characters are fictional, while others were real people impacted by Sorokin’s crimes. As each character had a different narrative for the con artist, her fashion also reflected her changing nature.

Many of the “Inventing Anna” episodes center on a specific character who was friends with or impacted by Sorokin.
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“It was sort of a dichotomy because we were matching quite seriously that you normally wouldn’t do I think on a current TV show.” “We literally spent months researching everything, finding the brand and reaching out to the brand or on The RealReal or a vintage store,” she explained.

Many pieces were the actual designer garments, while others were recreated in the show’s costume studio. Paolo estimated that roughly 97 percent of Garner’s costumes in the show are what Sorokin actually wore in real life. Chanel, Dior, Celine, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Gucci and Balenciaga are just some of the design houses prominently featured in the show. The costume designer explained that there virtually wasn’t a high-end designer label that wasn’t included in the show’s nine episodes. A still from “Inventing Anna” DAVID GIESBRECHT/ NETFLIX
