Director Pablo Larrain had total faith in Fontaine and her team.
He wanted Natalie to incarnate Jackie, and we had to help.
She continues, For the pink dress we made it as a copy of the one everybody knows.
Credit: Stephanie Branchu
Then I made film tests of different colors to getthepink.
And then made five of them …
Impressive to see Natalie in it for the first time on set.
Pablo Larrain
We had to be convinced!
Fontaine took a similar approach to Kennedys mourning outfits, which also needed to have that uncanny resemblance.
We needed this to be as historically correct as possible.
William Gray
Those costumes needed to match the archival footage both in color and in black and white.
The challenge was, as ever to make it true, Fontaine says of that process.
All in all, how does Portman wear the clothes as Kennedy?
Pablo Larrain
