How ‘Apples Never Fall’ Costume Designer Found Inspiration in Real Tennis Stars
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Apples Never Fall” costume designer Allyson Fanger turned to real tennis stars for inspiration when creating the outfits for a Florida family devoted to the sport.
By using the players as her baseline, she found ways to inject different bits of personality into each family member’s style.
The Peacock series follows Sam Neill as Stan, a man who becomes the prime suspect when his wife and family matriarch Joy (Annette Bening) goes missing.
Jimmy Connors, whose peak years were in the late 1970s, served as Fanger’s inspiration for Stan. She dressed Stan, a longtime player, entirely in tennis attire, telling Variety, “It’s his life and being a coach is his full identity, so I dressed him in Fila and tennis brands.” In Fanger’s mind, Stan was someone who shopped the new brands — and was comfortable in tracksuits as well. “I wanted his brands to stay true to that old-school vibe, and he still had that tracksuit from 1980.” As for Joy, Fanger looked to former tennis pro Martina Navratilova and described her look as “Americana with a sporty bend.” Joy’s palette was predominantly classic navy and white.
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