How 'Pan Am,' 'Playboy Club' Re-Produced Legendary Looks In the '60s

TV's dependence on early-ླྀs style shows no manifestation of preventing. This fall, new series Pan Am and also the Playboy Club are featuring two legendary looks lengthy recognized (for better or worse) using the era: the stewardess and also the Bunny.our editor recommends'Pan Am': Exactly what the Audiences Are Saying'Pan Am' Among Season's Most high-priced PilotsHugh Hefner: 5 Stuff You Did not Know of the Playboy Founder, Reality Star and Jilted Groom'The Playboy Club' Showrunner: 'There's a concept of the Show That's False' PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Shows For, authenticity was vital in re-creating Pan Am's blue uniforms and also the Playboy Club's cotton-tail suits. Within the situation of Playboy Club, costume designer Isis Mussenden (The Stories of Narnia series) was not able to locate even one original uniform. "We began hunting photos," states Mussenden, who consulted with Hugh Hefner around the clothes for that NBC drama series, occur Chicago in 1960. To produce costumes to resist 12-hour filming days, she decided on a lustrous cotton-backed satin inside a rainbow of colours, from red-colored and hot pink to cobalt. Each suit -- two for each one of the five leads -- required 10 hrs to create. The all inclusive costs per uniform? $3,000 including built-in bra, French cuff, Playboy cuff links, bow tie, satin ears and dyed-to-match 3-inch heels. Mussenden produced 50 additional, less-costly suits for extra supplies. PHOTOS: ABC's Year Television Shows: 'Pan Am,' 'Charlie's Angels' and much more Hefner had comments, including one which the suits weren't cut sufficient around the leg. "I sent Mr. Hefner a photograph of him with five rabbits and also the leg was precisely the height we used," states Mussenden. "We featured the low leg cut." The manufacturers of ABC's Pan Am could find the air carriers' original uniforms. Professional producer Nancy Ganis, an old flight attendant for that air travel, situated an accumulation of originals in Palo Alto, Calif. PHOTOS: Preview NBC's Fall Key Art for 'Playboy Club,' 'Grimm,' 'Whitney,' More "We replicated them exactly," she states. "The only real factor we needed to adjust was the colour. Due to hd, the suit looked too blue-grey on camera. Now it's not far from the initial blue." Costume designer Ane Crabtree (Forex's Justified) notes the brand new twill uniforms are a little more form-fitting through darting. Otherwise, the initial specs were maintained: below the knee pencil-skirt 3-inch heels while greeting people within the airport terminal (the stewardesses could become 1 ½-inch heels within the cabin) and pillbox hats including a brass Pan Am logo design. TV REVIEW: Pan Am As the Playboy Club designers labored carefully with Playboy executives from the beginning, Pan Am's makers had much more of a fight. "The privileges towards the logo design are possessed with a Colonial group, a number of whom have been around the Pan Am board," states Ganis. "They desired to safeguard the legacy." After 3 years of discussions, Ganis went East to conquer the board. "I described it might be a good adventure of youthful women finding the planet,Inch she states. "They understood what it really designed to me. For any youthful girl to have the ability to travel and become so independent, it had been just remarkable." TV REVIEW: The Playboy Club Obtain The LOOK: To capture the new-faced great thing about the Pan Am flight family and friends, series makeup mind Patricia Regan consulted the air travel's official guide presented to stewardesses within the sixties. It needed that girls begin a defined eye "to provide the look of large round eyes" and a little pink or barrier around the cheekbones and lips, as seen above on series star Margot Robbie [pictured right]. Related Subjects Hugh Hefner Pan Am The Playboy Club Fall TV Preview Margot Robbie