How Elle Fanning's Coronation Dress Was Made For The Great
How Elle Fanning Got Dressed in Catherine the Great's Coronation Gown, Pregnancy Corset and All
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"It didn't just need to be a costume, she had to inhabit it properly."
The first time Elle put on the coronation dress completely finished, Long could only describe her reaction as "gleeful," explaining that off the hanger, there was something she wasn't quite sure about at first. "When she put it on, she went, 'Oh my god.' It did look fantastic," she said, continuing, "The idea was that she walks into the throne room and she just looks spectacular, which is not what everybody expected. Sometimes Elle sent me images, and sometimes I sent her images, so we could make sure she felt fabulous in it. It didn't just need to be a costume — she had to inhabit it properly."