The Palm Royale Outfits: The Always Stylish Looks of 1960’s Palm Beach High Society
It might not be 1969 anymore but there’s still only one place you want to be seen this summer, the hottest ticket in town and Palm Beach’s most exclusive club, Palm Royale. Loosely based on Juliet McDaniel’s novel Mr. and Mrs. American Pie, it’s the stylish underdog story that will capture your heart and wardrobe, with its retro and chic Palm Royale outfits. So if you are ready, it’s time to take Maxine Simmons’ hand and step inside the world of exclusivity, deceitfulness and luxury fashion that is Palm Beach High Society.
Maxine Simmons: The Ambitious Underdog of Palm Royale
It might be a question as old as time, but Maxine Simmons has to face up to the truth and decide what she will, or won’t do to be accepted into the exclusive world that is Palm Royale. And she might just surprise herself with the answer.
Maxine Simmons’ Bold and Bright First Impression in Palm Royale
Hidden away behind the walls of the Palm Royale Country Club, oblivious to the turmoil of real life in 1969, is Palm Beach’s high society. And Maxine Simmons is getting in one way or another, even if that means having to scale a wall in a less than lady-like manner.
Not the first impression she was hoping for, but luckily her patterned orange and yellow mini shift dress makes its own statement. Bold and bright, with its abstract print, the corded lace round neckline and straight cut silhouette was a favorite of the decade, and the Kristen Wiig Palm Royale outfits too if these other looks are anything to go by…
Kristen Wiig’s Basic Simple White Shirt Outfits as Maxine Simmons
In a decade known for its use of stunning color, something that is reflected in the equally bold and bright Palm Royale outfits, it might then be a surprise that one of Maxine Simmons’ most worn garments seems to be a simple white button-up shirt.
Used as a neutral vehicle to be paired with Maxine’s striking and radiant color palette the fresh, crisp simple white cotton makes quite the contrast. From sleeveless to three-quarter length, with their notched collars and tied up hemline, the wardrobe staple works perfectly with everything from cropped peach straight-leg pants to a statement check for a round on the golf course.
The Patterns of the 60’s and Maxine’s Wardrobe in Palm Royale
The sixties might have started with the continued fashions of knee-length tea dresses and pillbox hats, but by the time we find Maxine infiltrating Palm Royale in 1969, fashion had become a free for all. Especially with the loud patterns that were splashed all over the womenswear at the end of the decade.
With bold colors in polka dots and geometric shapes, Maxines mix of mini and maxi-dresses favors the more structured and graphic prints. Giving a real hippie edge to her flowing patterned floor length dresses and cover-ups, that helped her stand-out in the Palm Royale crowds.
Maxine “discretely” introduces herself to Dinah Donahue.
A Moment of Bling: Palm Royale’s Maxine Simmons’ Feather and Bead Embellished Cape
Obsessed with the local Palm Beach Daily Newspaper, nicknamed the Shiny Sheet, Maxine is desperate to be the leading headline for being crowned Queen of the Season. But if her good deeds can’t get her in the paper, the Kristen Wiig Palm Royale outfits certainly will.
Especially when it comes to a bit of well placed, and worn bling. Seen most intensely on Maxine’s crystal embellished party gown, or her beautiful canary yellow and white chiffon beaded evening dress. Although, nothing can quite compare with her delicately embellished white cape, with its simple round neckline, beads and wispy feathers.
Kristen Wiig’s Retro Accessories as Maxine Simmons
Maxine doesn’t style her very 60’s Palm Royale outfits with the most opulent or expensive accessories she can afford, but instead goes for a more popular, playful look. With pillbox hats a thing of the past and berets, the new headwear of choice Maxine finds a place in her wardrobe for them. Along with her simple head scarfs, cat-eye white framed sunglasses and her daring, and slightly over the top, pearl style dangle earrings.
The Palm Royale Queen Bee’s
Move over the “It Girls” of Riverdale High, there is a new group of influential Queen Bee’s on our screens. But just because they are older and wiser doesn’t mean there is any shortage of teenage style gossip, rivalries and back-stabbing, especially with Evelyn Rollins the head of this snake.
Evelyn Rollins Equally Patterned Filled Palm Royale Outfits
It turns out that Maxine and Evelyn Rollins, played by the amazing Allison Janney, aren’t just rivals when it comes to who is going to be crowned Queen of the Season, they also have quite the unspoken competition to see who wears the most prints.
With Evelyn’s Palm Royale outfits as full of bold, bright and 60’s inspired patterns as our leads, the subtle differences come in the silhouettes, luxury fabric choices and the colors chosen. With Evelyn less likely to be seen in a maxi-dress or even the decade favorite of the shift dress, her flowery patterned matching two-piece or floaty tunic blouse with sleeves is more mature, while easily reflecting her wealth.
Dinah Donahue and Evelyn Rollins Party Dresses in Palm Royale
Not to be outshone by anyone, not even Maxine at her own party in her crystal embellished dress and tiara, Dinah and Evelyn take their evening looks up a level or two. Experts at dressing the part and attending fancy soirees, the ladies opt for gowns that emphasize their personality and best features. With Evelyn in her mature, three-quarter sleeve gown in blue, a color that you’ll see featuring a lot in her Palm Royal outfits, in complete contrast to Dinah. Whose cinched in waist and bare shoulders flawlessly reflect her flirty and girly personality.
The Glitz and Glam of Dinah Donahue in Palm Royale
The Kristen Wiig Palm Royale outfits might have their moments when it comes to glitz and glam, but they are nothing compared to the looks that the flirty Dinah Donahue gives us. Used to having all eyes on her, no matter what the occasion, Dinah knows how to use sparkling beads and glittering sequins to be everything from the belle of the ball to the best dressed at girls lunch.
A Touch of Blue for the Ladies of Palm Royale
Although the color blue represents serenity and calm, when it comes to Palm Royale it is more likely to be its wisdom and reliability (just like The Gentlemen’s Eddie Horniman) that has seen it being used in so many of Evelyn’s outfits.
As the self-proclaimed leader of the Palm Royale, a title long been held and not given up quite yet by Norma D’ellacourt, Evelyn would appear to be the voice of reason. With her blue elegant, chiffon dresses in a mix of light and dark shades always being accompanied by over the top embellishments and jewels. Just as a not so subtle reminder of the money and power she wields.
The Palm Royale Outliers
It turns out that not everyone is quite as desperate as Maxine Simmons to get into the Palm Royale Country Club as she is. With the members perceived lack of identity, worth or impact, Virginia even goes as far as saying that she doesn’t concern herself with the “shenanigans of vapid poons.”
Laura Dern’s Linda Shaw and her Bohemian Hippy Casual Outfits in Palm Royale
Palm Royale isn’t the first time that Apple TV+ has looked to the stylish past decades for streaming inspiration with their recent success Lessons in Chemistry, which featured Brie Larson being all about that 50’s fashion. And although we are a decade later, Elizabeth Zott and Linda Shaw have a lot in common.
Particularly when it comes to smashing the patriarchy.
Reflected through the Laura Dern Palm Royale outfits that mirror her feminist views and values with an edge of the bohemian to her wardrobe. Full to bursting with denim skirts, as well as crochet vests, Linda rejects the ideology surrounding the Palm Royale Country Club and the Queen of the Season.
But that doesn’t mean that Linda Shaw’s looks aren’t as stylish and on trend as the other ladies. With her floppy wide brimmed hats, bold orange blouses and equally bright and fashionable hippie maxi-dresses, just a few of the outfits that we see the equal right campaigner wearing.
Mitzi: The Modern, Stylish High Society Manicurist
There is only one thing bigger than the gossip that local manicurist to the high society women Mitzi hears at her table and that’s her long curled bouffant hairstyle that she always finishes with a colorful head scarf. Young and modern, the whizz with nail polish, who is mostly seen in the salon, hides her stylish wardrobe below her button front orange work tunic.
But when we glimpse Mitzi’s Palm Royale outfits, they are a journey of modern and trendy pieces, just like her lime green flower print crop top and matching shorts set, or the pink and white gingham we can spy that screams Barbie. Yet the epitome of 1960’s modern, young and on-trend fashion has to be her wooden heeled platform sandals, that Mitzi as luck would have it played by model Kaia Gerber, struts her stuff around the salon in.
Virginia Bold Pattern Wearing Feminist Fighter of Palm Royale
It is little wonder that Virginia is considered an outlier when it comes to Palm Beach and the exclusive Palm Royale Country Club, especially when she describes the ladies as “vapid poons”. Friends with Linda Shaw, which comes as little surprise, Virginia helps run the feminist symposium and plans on writing a book about Women’s Power. But not the kind from I Dream of Jeannie as Maxine suggests.
Another fan of bold patterns, if not as bright as some of the other Palm Royal outfits, Virginia’s loose fitting dresses and tunics have a distinct african feel to the prints. Burnt reds, oranges and even a touch of white compliment her flawless complexion, subtle make-up and loud and plentiful jewelry. Full of beaded necklaces, large hoop earrings and colorful pendants, to name just a few.
With the star-studded cast, exquisite settings and stylish Palm Royale outfits, that might be all about the 1960’s yet still would work in any wardrobe today, Palm Royale on Apple Tv+ really is the hottest ticket this summer. The epitome of 60’s fashion and the perfect mix of high society, Palm Royale and leading lady Kristen Wiig are going to have all the tongues wagging, and I for one can’t wait.
