Dressing Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Platt for ‘The Politician’ Took a Village

To dress Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Lange, Lucy Boynton and the rest of the cast on Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix show “The Politician,” veteran costume designer Lou Eyrich enlisted many for help. This line of work requires a small army, says Eyrich, who’s functioned as Murphy’s right hand doing the costuming for “Pose,” “American Horror Story,” and “Glee,” for almost 20 years and worked as a producer-slash-costume designer on “The Politician.” Not only did the lead actors in the show — including Ben Platt as Payton Hobart, a rich boy from Santa Barbara, Calif., and aspiring U.S. president who’s embroiled in drama — require outfits, 600 or so extras did as well. Eyrich was in the middle of working on multiple shows, “American Horror Story,” among them. She ran back and forth between Fox and Netflix, doing fittings for Lange on one show then turning around, quickly cleaning up her dressing room and preparing for the next fitting. She needed someone she could trust to design in her absence. Rahne Jones and Lucy Boynton in Netflix’s “The Politician.”  Courtesy of Netflix So she tapped Claire Parkinson, somewhat of a rookie, despite having almost eight years of experience as an assistant costumer and credits as costume

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