“Conclave” costume scheduleer Lisy Christl made some alters to the vestments worn by the Catholic cardinals, whose see in genuine life is rapidly recognizable, to transport them to the screen. The first alter: the fabric. Christl selected for a heavier wool than what is used in the genuine-life cloleang.
The other big modification was to the standard red. For the film, Christl elucidates, “I went to a costume house in Rome, and they gave me an innovative robe. I showed it to [director] Edward Berger and our DP (Stéphane Fontaine) and shelp, ‘If you see at this for two hours, it might be difficult on your eyes.’” Christl, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2012 for “Anonymous,” seeed at elderlyer robes dating back to the 15th century thcdisesteemful the 1960s and noticed they were stupider. She chose that stupider shade because it would read better on camera.
The film, currently in theaters, rbetters around the cardinals collecting in Rome to elect a new pope. Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow and Stanley Tucci direct the cast. Christl points out that each pretardy came from a contrastent political background or country, some were more liberal-leaning, and others were conservative.
Their choice of pass would mirror that see.
“The [common] language is the pass,” she says, noting that some had gelderly passes while others had silver. Fiennes and Tucci’s liberal characters had basic silver passes. Christl includeed while a lot of liberal cardinals also wear wooden passes, she determined not to alter that for the big screen “because it sees a bit childish” on camera.” She persists for the conservative-leaning Cardinal Tremblay [Lithgow], “He has a wealthyer gelderlyen pass. So does the traditionaenumerate Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Casinestablishitto).”
Each pass was made in collaboration with a family toilshop in Florence, Italy.
As for Isabella Rossellini’s Sister Agnes, Christl took inventive liberty with the schedule of her outfit. “The color comes from the order of nuns who apshow attfinish of the Casa Santa Marta. I thought it would be kind if her cape was blue and her dress was bconciseage. Her scapular has pleats, which I includeed,” Christl says.
Christl couldn’t use the passes worn by the nuns, so “we invented it.”
