
The BBC series The Traitors was riveting to watch from the very beginning to the very end, thanks to all of the betrayals, simmering plots, and tantalising drama that it featured.
Nevertheless, one of the undeniable stars of the show was Claudia Winkleman’s extremely amazing wardrobe. Viewers were likewise enamoured with her outfits from the very beginning of the show.
The presenter of Strictly Come Dancing showed up looking like she was ready to rock a runway in everything from her military-ready trench coat to her hugely large jumper that was reminiscent of Lenny Kravitz’s renowned ginormous scarf.
It’s possible that you won’t recognise some of the names she mentioned in a recent interview where she discussed the famous people who have influenced her style of dress.
The woman, who is now 50 years old, revealed that she collaborates with a “great stylist” named Sinead McKeefry, and the two of them determine together who the 50-year-old is “going to look like.”
As an illustration, Claudia paid respect to Elvis Presley, the undisputed king of rock and roll, during the 2022 season of Strictly Come Dancing.
However, she went in a very different direction for The Traitors – veering away from the razzle dazzle.
‘For Strictly this year it was Elvis – only as an inspiration, not literally – and for Traitors it was Princess Anne meets Ronnie Corbett meets Madonna when she married Guy Ritchie,’ she told The Times.
An interesting blend of names… However, we are able to see it!
During a recent conversation, the executive producers of The Traitors, Sarah Fay and Toni Ireland, discussed the production of the show, revealing that they drew their ideas for the show from the Dutch adaptation, which is titled De Verraders.
‘One of the things we wanted to do right from the offset was the Dutch version has celebrities and that’s what they’ve done all along. We are the first territory, and obviously it’s gone around the world now and other people are making it, to make it with a civilian cast, and it’s really important that we wanted to do that for the BBC,’ Sarah said.
‘And we found great success in it – just the emotions and how much it means to them and that amount of money just elevated the game play.’
They added that initially, Claudia was reluctant to jump on board as host, but after watching the Dutch version in two days, she was hooked and keen to join.
‘We wanted somebody as our host who didn’t just feel like a normal host, who didn’t just feel like they’d turned up with the autocue, we wanted somebody who genuinely would immerse themselves in it as well and would feel intrinsically part of the cast,’ Sarah said.
Tori added: ‘She tread a really careful line, of being really warm with the cast and encouraging. My favourite bit is the first ever mission where she’s screaming, “Come on, move it” and you’re seeing this other side to Claudia that we’ve not seen before.
‘It was out of presenter mode, she was supporting that cast, but equally she knew when to, you know, “no hugs, that’s a different show.” She knew that line and she tread so perfectly. We were very lucky.’
The Traitors is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.