The Crown Hair and Makeup Details
How "The Crown" Re-Created Princess Diana's Look
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When we think of the royal family — not just Princess Diana but also Queen Elizabeth and Camilla Parker Bowles — most of us can picture their likenesses immediately. A lot of that has to do with their signature looks. "We always start with that very iconic outline, because most of the royal family — and most people of every period — have a kind of shape that's not very conscious," Hall says. "There was a shape to their hair, and there is a tone and a texture to their makeup that roots them in that period and to that person."
In Hall's eyes, as long as the hair and makeup artists were able to re-create each person's silhouette, that was enough. "I think about the shape, and the silhouette, and the outline," she says. "I always think if someone looks like the person from behind, then we're kind of winning." The rest is up to the viewer to fill in. "They don't need someone to have a prosthetic nose in order to inhabit the drama."