Makeover Montage: A Fashion in Film Podcast · Marie Lodi and Blaire Bercy

Brooches, Bangs, & Deranged Auntie Energy in Weapons (2025)

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The makeup team used artificial teeth nubs and lengthened Amy Madigan’s earlobes for Gladys.

1. Makeover Montage: A Fashion in Film Podcast centers this episode on Weapons (2025) and Aunt Gladys’s costume design. 2. Blair Bursey hosts with Marie Lodi, and Marie’s fashion- and pop-culture-heavy background matters because she keeps naming costume references. 3. The episode asks how Trish Somerville, the hair team, and the makeup team made Aunt Gladys feel like “a monster cosplaying as a human.” 4. Blair opens with a spoiler warning and tells listeners to back out if they have not seen Weapons. 5. Marie links the film to her earlier Showgirls coverage, including her interview with costume designer Ellen Mirojnick. 6. The hosts also talk about Marie’s recent Vegas trip, the Strokes, and the Showgirls Museum run by Grant. 7. Marie says the Showgirls Museum took nearly four hours and included costumes from actual productions. 8. They compare Gladys’s red wig and bangs to old-school rollers, micro bangs, and the wrong haircut at the right moment. 9. Marie says 20 wigs were tested before the show landed on Gladys’s final look. 10. They spend a long stretch on the Madonna Inn carpet bag and whether it was created for the film or later tied to the hotel. 11. Marie says Gladys’s oversized glasses make her eyes look big, witchy, and gazey. 12. The hosts describe her accessories as talismans or ritual objects rather than simple costume pieces. 13. Marie points out that Gladys strips down for her darker ritual moments, losing the wig and makeup while keeping the turban and earrings. 14. They compare her silhouette to Mrs. Roper, but with deranged-grandma energy and occult styling. 15. Marie says the costume layers help Gladys carry pockets, pouches, and ritual items for the plot. 16. The makeup details include fake teeth, fake eyes, fake nails, fake hair, and lengthened earlobes. 17. Blair and Marie note that Amy Madigan seems to be having fun while playing a deteriorating, unsettling elder. 18. The episode keeps a conversational, back-and-forth rhythm with digressions into bags, wigs, lipstick, and Instagram credits from the hair and makeup teams. 19. Anyone who likes costume design, horror styling, and witchy character work would probably enjoy this episode. 20. Anyone wanting a spoiler-free, tightly plotted movie review would probably skip it.

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