The press tour for Freakier Friday — the sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis — has been a parade of Easter egg-heavy appears to be like (like Lohan’s lavender robe and purple guitar purse), prepping us for the film’s bound-to-be-iconic costumes. I simply couldn’t have ready myself for all the luxurious vogue I’d see on display.
It’s been 22 years since Anna (Lohan) and Tess Coleman (Curtis) switched our bodies — giving us a basic makeover montage and plenty of enviable appears to be like — and now the mom and daughter are returning to cinemas on August 8, for what’s amping as much as be one other vogue spectacle.
“I really feel prefer it was conversations with [director] Nisha [Ganatra] and with Jamie and Lohan — simply to see the place they thought their characters have been going to be and what they’d appear to be,” Freakier Friday costume designer, Natalie O’Brien, tells Refinery29. “I am a sucker for nostalgia, so we needed to pay homage to what that they had already performed and never steer too removed from it. However we additionally do not wish to hit you over the pinnacle with what you have seen already.”
This time, in a freakier twist, Anna — who’s planning to marry single dad Eric (Manny Jacinto) — swaps our bodies along with her 15-year-old daughter Harper (Julia Butters), whose tomboy surfer aesthetic facilities on her signature beanie and overalls. In the meantime, Tess swaps along with her soon-to-be-granddaughter, Lily (Sophia Hammons), a preppy, aspiring designer who sticks to thick headbands, bows (peep the Coachtopia bow bag!), and many Vivienne Westwood. (She appears to be like like your typical Disney Channel fashionista.) This all leads to 4 characters comically moving into one another’s footwear (a lot of that are Jimmy Choo!), producing much more iconic appears to be like than the unique film.
After leaving her band Pink Slip to lift Harper, Anna is now working as a musician’s supervisor at Capitol Information. “She’s a cool mother. She did not fall off and lose her rocker sense,” says O’Brien, including that she took inspiration from actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg’s effortlessly stylish and timeless look. “[Anna] nonetheless stayed within the music trade, so I feel that is necessary to showcase that along with her garments. I favored the concept of an outdated leather-based belt that she’s had for some time and a few star-studded boots that are not corny and sort of cool for her on a regular basis look.”
Anna’s success within the trade additionally explains the luxurious items she’s accrued in her closet. From Olivia Von Halle silk pajamas and (not one, however two) Self-Portrait bedazzled attire to cool-girl appears to be like (i.e. a Staud dolphin costume, The Frankie Store go well with, and Dôen floral costume), her model is brighter, sparklier, and fancier than her grungy teenage aesthetic.
“I additionally really feel like the one means I can get Lohan in a rash guard, must be like a Balenciaga [version] —one thing sick — and it labored,” O’Brien shares, referencing the palm tree and sundown print high Anna wears after swapping our bodies with Harper. The surfwear appears to be like proceed with Anna (as Harper) later stepping out in a captivating floral Cynthia Rowley wetsuit.
