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MOTIONPICTUREC O S T U M E R S .O R G 45 In the plot of the show, Zo is fighting to be her authentic self and sharing her knowledge of chemistry in hosting her cooking show and it is visually shown through the changes made from the costumes she wears in the passage of time of her dress rehearsal and last episode of Supper at Six. Cetina worked on the "dress rehearsal" dress that the producers in the story wanted Zo to wear to host her show and she rejected and immediately requested to wear her lab coat rather than an apron. "There is a white [with pink floral print] dress that Elizabeth wears that is supposed to be a gag. She's supposed to look really uncomfortable and very feminine and just doesn't really work with her as a person. Even the material was awful and slinky, but it was fun to make. It was this big, poofy sort of lile girl's dress for an adult woman. It was way too tight, and it had this capelet that was supposed to restrict her as she was trying to li her arms during her show." Wallace created the beautiful sequin-collared lab coat that Zo wears in the Christmas episode, her final episode of Supper at Six. "It was my favorite because it was copied from a Dior dress. And that was challenging because I had to look at an old black-and-white photo to figure out how it was done and, of course, you never see the back." essons in Chemistry was nominated for Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the Emmys earlier this year. 2024 is the first year that Workroom Head has been included in the nomination listing (prior nominations listed Designers, Assistant Costume Designers and Costume Supervisors), and many were surprised to see the change without a big announcement. Hagen was working with Wallace and coordinator Stephany Del Cid on Matlock when Del Cid discovered that Workroom Head was now officially part of the nomination but as the official nominees had already been announced, Wallace wasn't included. Hagen called Apple to inform them that she wanted to add him to the nomination listing and then called Devon Paerson, Television Academy Costume Peer Group Co-governor and fellow Supervisor. Hagen asked Paerson if and how they can change the nomination to have David Wallace included. "'The deadline is in 24 hours. You goa do it now.' We needed a leer from the Costume Designer. I had to send in. We spent hours as we had to send in pictures of the work, cost sheets, how much percentages of what was made versus what was bought or rented. We got him added just under the wire." Wallace, who had previously received certificates from the Television Academy for the MadTV Emmy wins says, "I really never thought about it, everybody was Kelli Hagen and Crew making such a big deal out of it, and being a tailor with what we do, we just do it, we don't think about all that other stuff. But to be counted into that was a wonderful feeling, because it made me realize that somebody's actually looking at what we do. Many years ago, back in the day, back when Warner Bros. and all those studios were being developed, they brought a lot of great stitchers from Paris and everywhere, from the workrooms during the war. A lot of them were Jewish immigrants who came here to work, and they had that skill, and they used to have a thing called the Jack and Jill Awards for them, where they would get lile awards for certain projects that they had done. They stopped it and everything changed as it oen does. So, for this to happen for the first time, I felt very honored, and I felt weird at the same time. The fact that someone actually recognized what we do in our union as an important part of their project, and being part of that team is very important, I'm very happy that it happened." Audiences can see the beautiful costumes of Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+. L