The White Lotus’s Portia Is TV’s Best-Dressed Character

Alex Bovaird, the costume designer for The White Lotus, is one of the best working on television today. I still think about that blue and white striped polo that Shane (Jake Lacy) wore in the opening scene of the first season. You see the polo, the way it’s just a little too snug and maybe looks like something his mom bought him for Christmas, and you get it right away, before he even opens his arrogant little mouth: God, that guy is an asshole. Bovaird’s costumes are documentarian, anthropological. They are not fantasy the way a Pat Field costume is,… Read Full Article