Coming up Daisies!

As mentioned before costumes are a large part of my life, thus, I am constantly watching new shows and movies and plays to see what the characters are wearing. Last year a new show hit the television airways and it continues to grow on me. The show is called Pushing Daisies and it comes on ABC at 8 o'clock on Wednesday nights.

The show is about a pie maker named Ned who, from childhood, has had the ability to bring anything back to life after it has died, with a single touch. However, the catch is, once he has brought it back to life he has only one minute to touch it again, or else something else within proximity dies. When Ned finds out from his detective friend Emerson Cod, who has created a business out of having Ned touch murder victims finding out who killed them and collecting the reward, that his childhood sweetheart (Chuck) has been killed he decides to bring her back to life. However, considering if they touch again Chuck will die their relationship is a bit complicated. Any touching they do is through bee suits or a kiss through plastic wrap.

This season the series continues with their adventures in finding the killers of others and bringing them to justice. New secrets also emerge about the pie maker and Chuck's past. While the comedic relief, excellent acting, and cleverishly outlandish writing make this show amazing enough, it is the wonderfully creative costumes which keep me tuned in week after week.
Costume Designer Mary Vogt is a woman after my own heart. She has set the time period in a mix of the 1950s and current day. The dresses that Chuck wears are beautiful in every episode. They evoke a sense of elegance and at the same time whimsy. The suits and shirts and ties Ned wears make him the perfect gentleman at the same time creating another layer with in his character as a shy young boy.

This season in particular the costumes have been amazingly creative. In the first episode of the season, "Bzzzzzzzzz," Ned and Chucks costumes matched perfectly. The episode was about them working in a honey factory because they were trying to find the killer of one of the girls who advertised for them. Chuck wore a 1950s inspired dress which had a pattern that looked as if her dress was a honeycomb and she had yellow and black shoes to match. Her hair was ingeniously made into a bee hive hair do and her eyelashes were fixed into what the pedals of a flower might look like from a bee's perspective. Ned's suit was a nice honey color with yellow and black detailing and a yellow and black striped tie. The costumes not only fit who the characters are but made the whole show's impact that much better for the viewer.

Pushing Daisies has to be one of my all time favorite shows as it is the most rewarding and visually exciting shows I've seen. So check it out!



Photos from: thepiemaker.com