Sandra Bullock in The Proposal: Small Wardrobe, Big Impact
18.05.12
Costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas proves that Sandra Bullock’s character in The Proposal (2009, directed by Anne Fletcher) does not need a closet full of clothes to make her mark. Here Catherine Marie Thomas discusses exclusively with Jill Burgess for Clothes on Film just why the film is so special to her.
Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) is a big shot New York book editor, making life hell for her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds). One morning Margaret is informed by her bosses that she has lost her visa status and will be deported to her native Canada. When Andrew appears to whisk her away from the meeting, Margaret announces to her bosses that she and Andrew are engaged to be married, which until now they have chosen to keep a secret. Margaret later talks Andrew into going along with her plan, but only after he makes some demands of his own: a promotion, publication of his manuscript, and Margaret accompanying him on a weekend trip to Alaska for his grandmother’s 90th birthday. Margaret agrees, and after proposing to Andrew on the sidewalk, on her knees (another of his demands), they strike a deal:
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