Pam & Tommy Costume Designer on Re-Creating Outfits For Show
How the "Pam & Tommy" Costume Designer Re-Created Pamela's "Baywatch" Suit
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Back in the '90s, Anderson relied on a Los Angeles-based brand called Syren Latex to custom-make her latex dresses, which she apparently had in every colour of the rainbow. Lennox ordered six dresses from the brand according to James's measurements and Syren delivered them in just two weeks before filming began. After a round of alterations, every piece fit James like a second skin.
Lennox chose a sleek burgundy Syren dress, pictured above, for the episode two scene when Pamela and Tommy get engaged at a club in Mexico. "The visual of Pam rushing into the little church at sunrise in a shiny red latex dress was quite amusing to us all," the costume designer says. She doesn't actually say "I do" in this dress, though — she does soon after on the beach in a white bikini and baby-blue coverup, just like the model did in real life.