Anna Daniels
Notice how Grace’s skirt is held up by wire. It makes her look like a Barbie doll, or character from the cartoon series The Jetsons, or even like one of those metal dress forms in a dress shop. It’s too stiff. This is not period accurate, as the Reddit theory points out. In the ’60s, women might have worn crinolines or petticoats to fill out their skirts and get that silhouette — but they were flowing, not immobile like Grace’s. Another skirt of Grace’s has panels that look like pleats from far away, but when you look closer, you see that has been faked as well.
All of Grace’s costumes are just slightly exaggerated in ways like this that remind us that she is more doll than human. Anyone who has owned a Barbie knows that those clothes are similarly lacking in flexibility, as the theory points out. She might have a collar that’s a little too big, or lipstick that’s a little too red. She stands out from the rest of the house — frozen in time because she doesn’t age and existing at a level of aesthetic perfection that’s so unnatural, it’s almost campy.
Written by: Looper
