{"id":45766,"date":"2021-12-31T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=45766"},"modified":"2022-01-01T14:28:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T14:28:55","slug":"betty-white-dies-at-99-fashion","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/betty-white-dies-at-99-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Betty White Dies At 99\u2014Who Can Forget &#8216;Golden Girls&#8217; Fashion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45772\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"847\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Harris, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, Betty White and &#8220;Golden Girls&#8221; Producers (Photo by Jim Smeal\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The Golden Girls<\/em> aired on NBC from 1985 to 1992, tickling the funny-bones and capturing the hearts of people all across the country\u2014and cementing its stars, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/betty-white-dies-age-99\/\">Betty White<\/a>, Beatrice Arthur, Rue McLanahan, and Estelle Getty, as cultural icons and household names. While we&#8217;ll never be able to recapture that particular zeitgeist or that moment in time, we&#8217;ll never forget these brilliant, stylish women who graced our screens.<\/p>\n<p>Here,\u00a0<em>GRAZIA\u00a0<\/em>revisits a previously-published interview with Judy Evans Steele, the celebrated costume designer who dressed Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia for all those years.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/betty-white-dies-age-99\/\">Betty White Dead at Age 99: Celebrated Actress Turned Cultural Icon<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rose: <\/strong>The fact that Rose was a proud Minnesota farm girl transplanted into the glittering city of Miami was reflected in her wardrobe, which <em>Golden Girls <\/em>costume designer Judy Evans Steele described as &#8220;downhome.\u201d There were few bold colors, little to no flash and some really (let\u2019s face it!) terrible sweaters that reflected Rose\u2019s childlike innocence. Unlike Rue, Betty White only kept a few items from her character\u2019s wardrobe. But Betty \u201cwould check out outfits for events that she attended and use them,\u201d said Steele. \u201cI didn\u2019t design as much for her. We would take things and cut them down, redo them. Betty was fun to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Betty White&#039;s Best Rose Nylund&#039;s Moments | The Golden Girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cHEcaz-L7LA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45769\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45769 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1584\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Promotional portrait of the cast of the TV series, &#8216;The Golden Girls,&#8217; 1980s. CW, from top left: Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty. (Photo by Fotos International\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Blanche: <\/strong>&#8220;I wanted a sexy, soft and flowing look for Rue McClanahan,&#8221; said Steele, who custom-made many of Blanche\u2019s iconic looks, including her show-stopping negligees. \u201cEven at night, we wanted the women looking good, not matronly.\u201d Steele loved dressing Rue: \u201cYou could put anything on her and she made it work. She was an incredible actress, as far as being able to flaunt her clothes. She could steal a scene with her clothes! A scarf all of a sudden took over the scene.\u201d The show\u2019s stars were \u201cwonderful,\u201d added Steele. \u201cFittings were always a joy with them.\u201d But Rue in particular enjoyed the clothes \u2014 so much so that she had it written into her contract that she got to keep Blanche\u2019s outfits!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45771\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45771 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"870\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CA &#8211; 1992: Golden Girls stars Betty White, Bea Arthur (1922-2009) Estelle Getty (1923-2008) and Rue McClanahan (1934-2010) pose for a portrait circa 1992 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Davis\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Dorothy: <\/strong>&#8220;I loved working with Bea Arthur because she always said what she thought,\u201d said Steele. \u201cYou knew where you stood with her. She was always very direct; she was fun to design for.\u201d At 5-foot-10, Bea\u2019s height severely limited off-the-rack options, so Steele designed many of her outfits, putting her in lots of fabric and layers. \u201cBea and Dorothy were both long-skirt people. You do take some license. Even though it\u2019s hot in Florida, we didn\u2019t do sleeveless shirts. And I layered clothes to be flattering, even though you might not do that if it\u2019s 100 degrees outside.\u201d Bea herself was a fan of Steele\u2019s work and once raved: \u201cShe knew Dorothy had a wild side!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45770\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45770 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/golden-girls-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"812\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty White, Bea Arthur and Rue McClanhan during The Golden Girls: Season 3 Signing at Barnes and Noble &#8211; November 22,2005 at Barnes and Noble &#8211; Chelsea in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Desiree Navarro\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sophia: <\/strong>While Bea\u2019s towering stature was an obstacle, Estelle Getty presented Steele with the opposite problem \u2014 the actress was only 4-foot-11. Still, Steele was able to buy, rather than make, most of Sophia\u2019s clothing, though \u201ca lot of alterations\u201d were required to make them fit correctly. A key element for the character was comfort, Steele said, which explains why Sophia often wore a fluffy robe. \u201cEstelle was the second youngest, but we had to make her look the oldest,\u201d added Steele. How difficult was that task? \u201cIt wasn\u2019t hard at all. She worked with us very well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26633,"featured_media":45805,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,17,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Betty White Dies At 99\u2014Who Can Forget The Fashion?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thank you for the fashion trends. 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