RTÉ first to air The Handmaid's Tale series 2 in Europe". RTÉ. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on May 11, 2018 . Retrieved May 10, 2018. In episode two, when the women assemble for the birth day, Crabtree put them in different shades of blue. “I started playing with different tones of teal in the Wives and also in the Handmaids because if you have cardboard cutouts of people in the same silhouettes, in the same color, it starts to look like a play,” she said. The more powerful women were outfitted in darker teals. “The color has such a poignancy and shadow. And it has such pathos,” she said. “It’s like aged, beautiful, bird’s-eye blue. It’s darkened and withered and spoiled.”

Cohen, Ariel (May 2, 2017). "Stop comparing 'The Handmaid's Tale' to Trump's America". Washington Examiner. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017 . Retrieved July 29, 2017. Petski, Denise (September 4, 2019). "Margaret Atwood's 'Handmaid's Tale' Book Sequel 'The Testaments' In The Works By MGM TV & Hulu". Deadline. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019 . Retrieved September 4, 2019. I am not suggesting that anchorites were like the women in Gilead. But the re-appropriation of the handmaid costumes in contemporary America encourages us to think again about anchorites. Miller, Lisa (May 2, 2018). "The Relentless Torture of The Handmaid's Tale". The Cut. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018 . Retrieved July 25, 2018.

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The Handmaid's Tale: Season Two Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. October 9, 2018. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018 . Retrieved December 4, 2018. Gilbert, Sophie (April 25, 2018). " 'The Handmaid's Tale' and the Suffering of Women". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018 . Retrieved July 25, 2018.

The first three episodes of the series premiered on April 26, 2017; the subsequent seven episodes were released on a weekly basis. [49] [71] In Canada, the series is broadcast weekly by CTV Drama Channel and the streaming service Crave; the first two episodes premiered on April 30, 2017. [72] In Scandinavia, the series is available on HBO Nordic. [73] In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on May 28, 2017, on Channel 4. [74] The most visually arresting part of The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel, are the uniforms the Handmaids wear: bright-red dresses capped with stark white bonnets. The Handmaid’s Tale does much of the world-building of this near-future dystopia through its costume design. In this new totalitarian theocracy known as Gilead, women are divided into different castes according to their usefulness to the state; the uniforms follow suit. The Handmaids wear long red dresses because they are, quite literally, the reproductive organs of the new country. The costume designer Ane Crabtree calls the color “lifeblood.” Shafer, Ellise (April 27, 2021). " 'The Handmaid's Tale' Drops First Three Episodes of Season 4 Early on Hulu". Variety. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021 . Retrieved April 27, 2021.

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The Wives are the only place where there’s a bit of freedom, visually,” Crabtree said. “The commanders’ wives were a place where I could expand my mind visually and create. We wanted to come from a place of reality.” And while the Wives of the elite wouldn’t be able to dress provocatively, she still wanted to create details — fine stitching, pleats — to create class differentiations. “There’s no grand design, there’s no flowery, there’s no excess,” she said. “What’s beautiful is how simple and plain [it is.]” The version adopted by protesters is the one made concrete by designer Ane Crabtree for the television series of the book. In 2017, handmaids marched on Capitol Hill, Washington, in protest at the Republican healthcare bill which was seen to threaten women’s bodily autonomy. And in the same year, handmaids entered the Texas senate house to protest abortion-related legislation. Meanwhile, protesters against Trump’s 2018 and 2019 visits to the UK also sported handmaid costumes.

She added this is a departure from season two, when we mainly saw Serena wearing clothes inspired by her impending motherhood.

Gilbert, Matthew (April 22, 2021). "Remember when 'The Handmaid's Tale' used to be great?". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021 . Retrieved April 27, 2021. If you can't quite shake the world the Margaret Atwood brought into existence then you might as well lean in. Step into the sensible shoes of the Handmaids and you'll feel closer than ever to characters like the tough and rebellious June. In fact, you can really shake things up and get a group of ladies together for one of the eeriest group costumes that people have seen in a while.