Allyson B. Fanger, “Grace and Frankie” (Netf lix)

“We wanted to tell the story through clothes, because [Grace and Frankie] were on a big journey from the first episode when they find out their husbands are gay, and they have a whole new life ahead of them. Frankie — [played by Lily Tomlin] — is an artist, and her look was inspired by [film director] Agnès Varda, artist Judy Chicago and my mother-in-law, whose mother, photographer Dorothea Lange, always brought her great jewelry from her travels. So I use lots of jewelry by [California designer] Adina Mills. [L.A. artist] Andrea Monroe handpainted Frankie’s clogs and handbag. Her art studio look is lagenlook [“layered look” in German], the style of arty European ladies who wear asymmetric layered clothes. Then Grace [played by Jane Fonda] came in with her blouse so uptight. Her collar is always popped up. She’s chic, classic, classy. She never wore print in the beginning. But now it’s Season 3, so she’s got color and print. We started with inspiration from the best Carolina Herrera white shirt of all time. Then I used archival Carolina Herrera prints. But I wanted more, so I started sourcing vintage fabrics. And now we make all of her shirts.”