For costume designer Daniel Orlandi, dressing the film 'Ford v. Ferrari' proved to be a study in contrasts.
"We had all these different worlds that contrast — a showman Texan with his band of misfits, Ford executives in the '60, and old-world Italian with Ferrari," says costume designer Daniel Orlandi.proved to be a study in contrasts. Debuting on Friday, Nov. 15, the film tells the true story of a pair of inventive car designers who join forces with the Ford Motor Co. to compete with Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hour Endurance race.
Orlandi first looked to the period-appropriate and classic racing films of his youth – James Garner’s as well as footage about the historic Le Mans race and books on Carroll Shelby, a “larger than life Texan” car designer and race car driver played by Damon. To complete the transformation as the curly-haired racer-turned-designer, Damon received his first hair perm -- noticeably peeping out under his custom-made Stetson. His counterpart, British race car driver Ken Miles , spends the majority of his screen time in a racing suit and overalls. As the designer says, “He is a Brit working here and much more of a mechanic and a family man; although one of the Ford execs called him a hippie.
Jon Bernthal’s Lee Iacocca is the flashiest of all, as the designer dressed him in Italian vintage sharkskin suits with thin '60s period ties. For Ford’s Ferrari counterparts, Orlandi wanted a complete contrast that denoted an "Old World aesthetic "for the executives filled with browns, creams, knit ties, and vests to counter the “Space Age '60s” looks for Ford. “I wanted the Ferrari uniforms to feel like an Italian military jumpsuit,” says the designer.
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