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3. The costume designer Norman Miller came up with the shoulder pad idea

Norman Miller was highly inspired by Joan Crawford’s 1940s attire, and worked with a weekly wardrobe budget of $35,000 (a fortune in its day). “Everything was coordinated: Each dress had its own particular hat, purse, gloves, shoes, and it never varied,” said Esther Shapiro. “Joan Crawford didn’t mix and match. We decided to take it one step further: Alexis would never wear the same thing twice. In fact, no one on Dynasty would.”

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