In anticipation of HBO's take on the lives eccentric mother/daughter duo "Big" and "Little" Eddie, Interview managed to contain its excitement long enough to get designer Tara Subkoff to chat with Grey Garden's costume designer, Catherine Thomas. In their conversation about the two women and their fabled journey from high society queens to secluded maidens, Thomas discusses how Little Eddie took her hair loss in stride and created an iconic look in the process. "Yes, the turbans! Really, she handles her hair loss in such a progressive, positive way. She makes it her own. It was so essential to reach beyond the years of the documentary. We start in the 1930s—even the white satin hooded gown that Little Edie wears to the bohemian party is a beautiful metaphor for what's going to happen later to her, covering up her head. Obviously, we compiled a lot of research. Surprisingly there were more photos of Little Edie than of Big Edie. For the 1930s, Big Edie was really what we imagined her to be like."
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Tara Subkoff Talks Grey Gardens With HBO's Costume Designer
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Sally Quinn Talks About Her Life in Grey Gardens, Crazy Little Eddie, and the Treasure Trove She Found in the Attic
In five days, HBO's highly-anticipated look into the lives of the eccentric mother-daughter duo of Big and Little Eddie and their stay at Grey Gardens will finally makes its way onto television.
Based on the Maysles Brothers' classic documentary about the two women, HBO's film will explore what led the women to lose their money, reject all social norms, and lead the rest of their lives secluded in the dilapidated and cat infested mansion known affectionately known as Grey Gardens.
In light of this media event, W magazine caught up with Sally Quinn -- owner of the restored East Hampton estate. Here are a few highlights from their chat:
The house was so filthy when Sally went to check it out that her real estate agent refused to enter:
"We got to the house and my real-estate agent said, "I will do anything to sell the house, but I will not go inside." So she waited outside. Well, you had to have flea collars on for one thing. There were 30 cats in there and the stench was beyond belief. And Little Edie opened the door—her mother had died two years earlier—and apparently everyone had made offers because she was asking $220,000 for the house."
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