Marianne Jean-Baptiste: keep clothes in perspective. (celebrity costumes)(Breaking Through)

WWD | August 7, 1997| | Copyright

NEW YORK -- "I chose the clothes for Hortense. Mike thought that we knew our characters better than anyone else," said Marianne Jean-Baptiste about costuming her character in Mike Leigh's "Secrets and Lies."

"It was very much about simplicity."

As it happens, the same holds true for Jean-Baptiste's personal choices in clothes. While she admits, "Clothes can transform you," she knows their place.

"Style is the way you are and who you are. It isn't only about what you wear. Fashion is important, but it is personal," she said, in a telephone interview from ...

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