- Skye P. Marshall revealed in an unique interview with PEOPLE why her Matlock character carries a Telfar bag in each episode
- The actress says she needed to “connect one thing to Olympia’s wardrobe that might wink at my tradition,” they usually shortly landed on Telfar, which was based by a Black designer, Telfar Clemens
- Marshall remembers when Beyoncé as soon as wore a Telfar bag, and “it shook my neighborhood”
Matlock reboot star Skye P. Marshall is dishing the main points about her character’s trusty accent — a Telfar bag.
In an unique interview with PEOPLE, the 43-year-old actress, who portrays Olympia Lawrence within the collection, says she knew her character’s “monochromatic” wardrobe wanted a bit one thing further, which turned out to be a Telfar bag. Olympia is seen carrying one in each episode of the CBS collection.
Whereas her character is a profitable, high-powered legal professional, Marshall explains that she needed Olympia’s wardrobe to have relatability by mixing in additional reasonably priced items.
“I needed to have a bag that represented my tradition, but additionally was reasonably priced, in order that though within the pilot after I mentioned that I cost a thousand {dollars} an hour, I did not need to disconnect myself from not simply my shoppers on the present who I do know can’t afford me, but additionally I needed to maintain a connection to the viewers who is also like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve a Telfar bag like my nieces do,’ ” she explains.
“And so they have a $100 bag they usually stroll round prefer it’s a $5,000 bag. So, that was one thing that was intentional for me, not only for the character, however for the tradition,” she provides.
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The inclusion of the Telfar baggage occurred after “a really quick dialog with the costume head,” Marshall remembers. “I needed to connect one thing to Olympia’s wardrobe that might wink at my tradition,” she says.
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They shortly landed on Telfar, which was based by a Black designer, Telfar Clemens. Marshall additionally notes that the bag model has been repped by megastar.
“I bear in mind years in the past when Beyoncé wore a Telfar bag, it simply shook my neighborhood, they usually had been bought out continuously for years,” she remembers.
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Eagle-eyed followers can spot the luggage — in a rainbow of shades — all through the collection.
“They had been in a position to rating over 12 completely different colours of Telfar baggage,” Marshall tells PEOPLE of the costume division. “And so you may catch them in each episode, however I needed to have a bag that represented my tradition, but additionally was reasonably priced.”
As for the remainder of Olympia’s wardrobe — and the fashionable décor items featured in a few of the present’s units, together with pink desk lamps within the courtroom — Marshall jokes that she needs all of it for her actual life.
“I am at all times procuring at Matlock. There must be a Matlock web site the place you get to only lease the Matlock look,” she says.
Matlock airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.
