Todd Longwell “Impeachment: American Crime Story” costume designer Meredith Markworth-Pollack didn’t meet Monica Lewinsky until near the end of the shoot for the FX limited series.
But from the beginning, the one-time White House intern, who also served as a producer on the project, provided production with a wealth of photographs accompanied by detailed notes and some original outfits from her personal wardrobe.
That includes what she considers to be the most important item of clothing from the whole affair: the sage green suit she wore when she first caught the eye of then-President Bill Clinton. “We needed multiples of the suit, so we ended up making our own, but having the actual outfit made our lives so much easier,” Markworth-Pollack says.
Their collaboration illustrates the creative team’s dedication to accuracy, as well as a determination to reframe the story from the perspective of the women at its center: Lewinsky, played by Beanie Feldstein, who also served as a producer; and Linda Tripp, played by Sarah Paulson, who served as an executive producer.
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