The pop singer worked with her close friend Anna Fleische on cultivating the retro, West End-inspired setting of the show, as well as the flow of her set list. (Come for her single \u201cWest End Girl,\u201d stay for \u201cMadeline\u201d and \u201cPussy Palace.\u201d) \u201cI\u2019ve done two West End plays and a play in Bath last summer, all of which the set design was executed by Anna,\u201d says Allen. \u201cWe were rehearsing Hedda<\/em> in Bath when I asked her to have a think about how I could bring this album to life in a theatrical way. I think what she has done is nothing short of genius.\u201d<\/p>\n Equally as genius? The glamorous fashion that Allen wears on stage through it all, brought to life by the legendary stylist Mel Ottenberg, who has worked with Rihanna, among others, and is the current editor-in-chief of Interview<\/em>. \u201cI asked Mel if he would come out of retirement to do this tour with me, and to my delight, he said yes,\u201d says Allen. \u201cMel\u2019s idea was for me to go on a journey: I start very put together, but it all becomes undone in line with the record\u2014and we piece me back together again.\u201d<\/p>\n For Ottenberg, the tour wardrobe was about cultivating a fashion mood that echoed the themes of pain and heartbreak in the show. The aim was storytelling, through clothes. \u201cGetting to help Lily tell her brutal story of heartbreak and loss with styling, and making her feel hot doing so, was a challenge I was up for,\u201d he says. \u201cI wanted to start with something really fun and pastel\u2014almost manic in its happiness, and then quickly move right into something raw, naked, and vulnerable as her life falls apart.\u201d<\/p>\n For her first look, for instance, Allen emerges wearing a custom Valentino suit, sheer slip, and platform heels, with lingerie by Araks. He wanted her to look and feel exposed. \u201cThere\u2019s a scene in Belle De Jour<\/em> where Catherine Deneuve is spaced out and takes off a dress, takes off a slip, and puts on a robe very quickly, and that was the vibe I wanted to get across,\u201d says Ottenberg. \u201cI was also watching lots of early 1930s movies on Criterion, which there are many notes of in the way the lingerie moves and flows onstage.\u201d<\/p>\n
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