‘Merlina’ has caused a furor on social networks since its premiere on Netflix on November 23, so much so that its protagonist’s dance has become a trend on the TikTok social network, viralizing the song Goo Goo Muck of The Cramps.
But regardless of that, It is necessary to highlight the work done by Colleen Atwood, the costume designer who worked hand in hand with Tim Burton to introduce us to one ‘Merlina’ much more contemporary, without losing those symbolisms of the Charles Addams character.
The meaning behind the wardrobe of merlin
Tim Burton offered the public an impeccable work that captivated the public with a contemporary version that takes us into the history of addams familyand although some of the characters changed their style a bit, Being able to see Morticia, Homer, Pericles, Fingers and Lucas again on the screen caused great emotion among people of different generations.
To make the costumes, Burton called an old acquaintance, Colleen Atwood, with whom you previously worked The Headless Horseman, Sweeney Todd Y Alice in Wonderlandthe latter winning an Oscar.
The differences that we can see in this new merlin
The main and most notable of all is that the American designer Colleen Atwood sought to generate the empathy of the public of a new generation, occupying elements in the look of merlinthat generate that connection and also that they could be used as part of the day to day of other people, something much more contemporary.
It was that under this premise, Atwood, mixed a number of brands with much more handcrafted pieces, creating the perfect, winning ensembleWell, on social networks we can already see many, dressing as the character of Jenna Ortega.
The brands that the designer used were Zara, Dior and Alaïa, also in an interview conducted by Vogue, Colleen Atwood mentioned that to make the wardrobe she started by imagining the young woman from a graphic world where she is in black and white. In addition, he stressed that in reality she did not want to be seen as a weird girlif not someone easy for the teen audience to relate to.
The secret behind the necklace that Morticia gave to merlin
As Atwood explained in the interview: “In the earlier version he is much younger, he looks up to his mother as a role model. She is now a teenager, so she wants the opposite of what her mother imposes on her”.
In fact what the costume designer is looking for is to be able to give that twist of independence to merlin who obviously does not want to be anything like her mother, because from the first chapter she herself told her that she would not have children, nor would she be a housewife, would not fall in love, nor do any of the things she did Morticia.
It was Colleen Atwood who I wanted to capture that contrast between mother and daughter through a necklace that could look so much like a m of Morticia like a W of wednesdaybeing that his original name in the Addams Family series.