5 things you need to know about Claire Underwood,

the TV style icon du moment

Move over, Carrie Bradshaw. There is a new icon on TV who is causing a real hype in the real world with her style and character. Of course, we are talking about Claire Underwood, the female lead character from House of Cards. The hit series that keeps millions of people glued to the screen deep into the night or stuck on the couch all weekend.

We are already at season 3, where Claire steals the show as the most stylish and sexy First Lady ever . Everybody loves Claire. Her character is meticulously analyzed in TV programs, newspapers and blogs can't stop writing about her, and hairdressers are overwhelmed with requests for the ‘Claire cut’. Today we share 5 things you need to know about the hype of the moment.

robin makes claire

Actress Robin Wright is heavily involved with the character of Claire, for which shewas awarded a Golden Globe. “There are days when the writer Beau Willimon, Kevin, and I decide in the morning that a scene just doesn't work. While I'm in makeup, the story gets rewritten. Then I can forget the lines I've been memorizing for weeks and have to learn ten new pages by heart within an hour,” she told Vrouw.nl. “Great: I have to keep walking on my toes.”

the stylist

For this season, Robin Wright brought in her own personal stylist Kemal Harris to take care of the styling and costume design for Claire Underwood. “I put a lot of time and effort into thinking about her outfit. That has helped me understand her better. I am especially very satisfied with what she wears this latest season. I like to contribute: let’s make the sleeves three-quarters, add a little belt, remove the buttons, turn the A-line into a pencil shape,” said the actress. Claire Underwood's impressive wardrobe consists of beautiful designer pieces from Ralph Lauren – the gray gala dress she wore during the state banquet, Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, Altuzarra, Michael Kors, Derek Lam, Giorgio Armani,.

ontwerpers

– the blue dress with buttons she wore in Russia, Dolce & Gabbana, and MaxMara. Each item was tailored, and stylist Kemal Harris also designed a number of pieces based on a mannequin she made in Robin Wright's measurements., Alexander McQueen Claire's distinctive androgynous hairstyle is currently one of the most requested looks at the hairdresser. But.

Claire-cut

that this haircut became such a hit Robin herself would never have dared to predict. “I just cut off my severely damaged hair. It had been bleached way too often for different films. So it all had to come off, but it works well for Claire,” she tells in Claire Underwood is constantly compared to Vanity Fair.

Inspiration

other presidential style icons like Jackie Kennedy and Michelle Obama. Regarding the inspiration for Claire, stylist Kemal Harris says in : “On the mood board hang photos of Lauren Bacall and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. We often start with a design from the 1940s and 50s and then add a touch of Audrey Hepburn. Claire is more of a contemporary Princess Diana and less of a Jackie Kennedy.” WWDThe TV style icon of the moment | Amayzine“