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This beautiful orange/red sweater has been used at least three times over the years. It was first seen in 1997 on
Lynn Whitfield as Roz Batiste
in
Eve’s Bayou. Ten years later in 2007 it was worn by Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway in Mad Men. In 2020
it was seen on Jurnee Smollett as Letitia “Leti” Lewis
in
Lovecraft Country.
Interestingly enough, according to The Costume Designer’s Guild’s Instagram, Jurnee Smollet, who played Lynn Whitfield’s daughter in Eve’s Bayou recognized its reuse when the costumer Dayna Pink selected it for her to wear in Lovecraft Country.
Pink says, “When I pulled the piece I had no idea what it
was and we were planning on trying it for inspiration but we fell in
love with it. Jurnee was the one who figured out [where it was from] and
we were all floored by the amazing coincidence that it had come full
circle. It reminds us that we hold pieces of history when we pull these
clothes. They have each had a life and a journey and we are keeping
their stories alive!”
Costume Credit: Mor, Katie S. Costume Designer’s Guild, Jurnee (though she did not submit it here, she was the one to find it, so she gets credit!)
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