Steiner says, “That is a costume, as well as the one she puts on at night because on the inside she is broken.” The pink robe Cassie wears when she’s home reflects how she had never progressed.
While Cassie isn’t based on any real-life person, her story is a modern one set within a familiar world where she wears contemporary clothing.īut Cassie has a façade, one that is happy and cheery. When Nancy Steiner read the script for “ Promising Young Woman,” she felt inclined to go “dark and sad because the character seemed like a depressed and sad person,” Steiner says of her initial reaction to Carey Mulligan’s Cassie, an avenging angel who seeks out to right the wrongs of the past with revenge on would-be rapists. As opposed to pattern, simple white cotton nightgown in the pivotal woods scene appears ghostly and otherworldly.” The floral print blouse for the party signals failed attempt at domesticity. The pink, green and black rhomboid pattern dress that Shirley wears to a confrontational dinner evokes aggression and power. “The olive cotton dress with red circles reminded us of the chaos of Shirley’s thoughts. Baksic’s costume design wasn’t just about the clothing, it was about the color and detail in the pattern.
