Fashion
'Maisel' Star Alex Borstein's Latest Look Is a Vintage Throwback
by Trishna Rikhy
22 February 2022
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is widely known for its characters’ impeccable vintage fashion — and off-screen, stars of the show are pulling off some equally stylish (and archival) looks.
Alex Borstein (AKA Susie Myerson, Midge Maisel’s no-funny-business-but-still-hilarious manager) recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in a vintage St. John black and pink knit dress from the ‘80s. The best part? Borstein’s look didn’t come from a stylist’s archives, but instead, from her mother’s closet.
“I’ve always dressed myself for events and red carpets,” Borstein wrote for Glamour in 2019. “I’ve never done a stylist because I don’t want to deal with that feeling of trying things and quickly realizing they’re not meant for me.”
Courtesy of St. John
Worn with strappy black heels and dangly earrings, the retro look is a nod to St. John’s Fall 2022 collection by Zoe Turner, which also bears pink, blazer-style mini dresses with wide lapels.
The Golden Globe winner started her own fashion label, Henabee’s, in 2019 as a DIY means of fixing her own red carpet fashion troubles when it came to sleeveless dresses. On-screen, Borstein’s character is known for her abrasive attitude and being commonly mistaken for a man; off-screen, the actress is known for anything but a lack of fashion sense, whether she’s wearing her own wedding dress to the Emmys in 2018 or putting her mother’s vintage St. John in the spotlight.
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