Costume designer Julian Day on fashioning modern classics for 'Rebecca'


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Dressing the iconic characters in 'Rebecca', the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 best picture winner based on Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel, is no easy feat. Yet costume designer Julian Day pulls it off with aplomb. Photo: Netflix

Director Ben Wheatley called on costume designer Julian Day to dress the iconic characters in Rebecca, the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 best picture winner, based on Daphne Du Maurier's classic novel.

In the current film, (which premiered on Netflix on Oct. 21) Lily James stars as Mrs De Winter; Armie Hammer plays Maxim; and Kristin Scott Thomas portrays the notoriously foreboding housekeeper, Mrs Danvers.

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