Get Clare Abshire’s look from The Time Traveler’s Wife

Introducing 2009’s ultimate tear-jerker – The Time Traveler’s Wife. This touching new drama has all the credentials to have you reaching for the tissues: it’s based on a bestselling book embraced for its emotional melodrama, was adapted by the screenwriter of Ghost and features Rachel McAdams, star of beloved weepie The Notebook. It does indeed boldly and unashamedly reveal itself as a tender love story, one which charts the unconventional romance between artist Clare (McAdams) and Chicagoan librarian Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana), a man afflicted with a genetic condition which sees him unexpectedly and abruptly travel through time and space. One minute he’s there, the next he’s not, except this is no clever magic trick but the bizarre curse that blights one young couple’s love.

Originally scheduled for an autumn 2008 release, TTTW was delayed; a holdup which McAdams revealed was caused by _Bana_’s hair, or more accurately, the lack thereof. Having wrapped production on TTTW, the Troy star started work on action blockbuster Star Trek in which he had to shave his head to portray bald baddie Nero, a decision that proved problematic when called back to reprise his role of the time traveler for reshoots. It’s not the most commonplace or obvious explanations for a film’s delay, and not only does it show the production team’s commitment to perfecting their work, but also the importance placed on the characters’ looks.

And responsible for creating these two wardrobes was costume designer Julie Weiss (American Beauty, Steel Magnolias). The twice Oscar-nominated costumer worked with production designer Jon Hutman to create a style and mood to the aesthetics of TTTW, one that was founded on the passing of time. While many movie romances rely on neatly edited montages to express the ticking of the clock, TTTW goes deeper. The plot examines how one relationship fares over the years, and so this is reflected in the costumes with Clare developing from a young girl (played by Brooklynn Proulx) through to a grown woman.