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But her clothing also eventually reflects Priscillas growing confidence in herself.
We were constantly making clothes, like, all the time, Battat says with a laugh.
(Battat had a hard time finding vintage cardigans that felt of that era.
They didnt have the right details, it was bumming me out.)
The danger, though, was making Priscilla seemtooyouthful.
But I also think their relationship was not creepy.
They were confidants, they both had a similar homesick thing.
And when we put her in the sailor dress, the visualwasa little creepy.
She just seemed too young.
(Everybody gasped at the sight of the dress, Battat says.)
Many of those pieces were made by Valentino and inspired by a moodboard Battat created specifically for Elvis.
All the clothes had to maintain that wide-eyed sense, which is why a few were cut entirely.
There was a green top and skirt that I love, but we never used it.
I felt like it looked too sophisticated in the end, Battat says.
I had seen a photo like that inVogueor something from that time.
We managed to find that exact dress at a costume house, which was insane.
We searched hard to find the beading and the boning.
We wanted it to feel both right and wrong.
There was a lingerie timeline, a full lingerie inspiration board.
Theyre in bed so much, Battat says of the pair.
I cant send her outside to shoot guns with Elvis in a skirt, she says.)
Sofia did say to me, At the end, shes wearing pants, she says good-bye in pants.
It was always decided, Battat says.
It was just so emotional.
Cailee was acting, but probably not; she was probably just crying, Battat says.
I was crying, too.
I was like, I know what happens, Ive read the script 100 times.
I just finished making that costume, like, eight minutes ago.
Thats probably why Im crying.
