“Oliver Garcia designed such a beautiful collection that, especially in the context on my character, tells such a story of her evolution within the movie. A lot of corsetry to begin with and then we found a way to embed the corset into the dress so that it wasn’t as hellish to wear, which was a thrilling realisation over halfway through filming, but I was still very grateful to be able to breathe… It was really shocking to realise all the ways in which that restrains women. It restrains your breathing, so your movement is really limited, and obviously compresses your lungs. You’re kind of physically withheld and then it also makes your voice higher, because of the way that it’s compressing your lungs. All of these elements that were then projected onto women were because of the very physical ways they were being constrained.”
Bohemian Rhapsody star Lucy Boynton is a pro at taking on a historical figure and making it her own. Her latest subject? Marie Antoinette, France’s most infamous Queen, corsets and all. Covering our Autumn/Fall 2022 issue, the actor talks the costumes in Chevalier, upcoming film The Pale Blue Eye, and what books she’s reading.