Grey Gardens

View our gallery of original sketches for the shabby-chic costumes in HBO’s Grey Gardens starring Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore—plus a look at eccentric style of the real Beale women.

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galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---drew-lange_uoarvf — Drew Barrymore wears the silk hooded gown from Thomas' sketches.
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galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---sketch-1_xd1map — Little Edie's Reno Sweeney costume for when she performed in Manhattan in the 70’s.
Courtesy of Catherine Thomas / HBO

galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---sketch-4_kl6cmy — 1930's Midnight blue bias gown made for Big Edie. This was worn to Little Edie's Debutante ball.
Courtesy of Catherine Thomas / HBO

galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---sketch-2_gunt7n — Velvet and silk palazzo pants for Big Edie worn at the 1930's Bohemian party at Grey Gardens.
Courtesy of Catherine Thomas / HBO

galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---sketch-3_nqagz7 — Champagne silk charmeuse hooded gown made for Little Edie for the 1930's Bohemian party at Grey Gardens.
Courtesy of Catherine Thomas / HBO

galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---lange_fdemks — Jessica Lange as Edie Beale, as she would have looked in 1936.
Peter Stranks / HBO

galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---drew_acitfw — Drew Barrymore as Little Edie in an dramatic ensemble from 1978.
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galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---drew-lange-2_yegtst — Lange and Barrymore portray the Beales in their typical outfits--Big Edie in bedclothes, Little Edie in a wacky--but thoroughly creative--get-up.
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galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---1_wi8fze — In this iconic shot from the '70s, Little Edie sports an all black ensemble with shots of red, "The best thing to wear for the day, you understand."
Courtesy of Everett Collection

galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---2_gnce1q — Edith Bouvier Beale in her young Manhattan days in the 1940s.
Courtesy of Everett Collection

galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---4_iqzb58 — Big Edie wears one of her signature hats in her bed, which she almost never left in the documentary.
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galleries/2009/03/19/grey-gardens/grey-gardens---3_gmwyzf — Little Edie wears her iconic fur coat, headscarf, and brooch, while Big Edie lounges nearby.
Courtesy of Everett Collection

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