Brenda Song and Kiernan Shipka Gush Over the Costumes in “The Last Showgirl”: 'Who Doesn't Want to Wear Bob Mackie?'

The costumes in The Last Showgirl are veritable art pieces.

Just ask the women who wore them.

In an Entertainment Tonight interview posted to Instagram on Jan. 10, Kiernan Shipka, who plays Jodie in the movie, said she found joy in wearing the vintage costumes.

"They were all archival pieces," she said of the wardrobe in the film. "They had such a story, they had such a history. It was really fun to go back to wearing stuff that had been honored in a previous life."

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In the movie, which was released wide on Jan. 8, Pamela Anderson stars as an aging-out Las Vegas showgirl named Shelly, and she and her fellow dancers had the costumes to match. They wore a number of vintage-sourced pieces, including valuable finds created by legendary designer Bob Mackie.

"Who doesn’t want to be a showgirl, first of all? And who doesn’t want to wear Bob Mackie?" Brenda Song said to Entertainment Tonight of starring in the film as Mary-Anne and wearing the dazzling costumes.

She went on to reveal, though, that the wardrobe (and its value) had everyone on tenterhooks if even one feather was out of place.

"Every time we were wearing those headpieces, any feather that flew, people were, like, sweeping them up and putting them in bags ‘cause they were like millions of dollars worth of feathers and gems," Song said. "Like, if one fell off, people were diving for them."

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At the end of the day, though, Song and Shipka both felt they were wearing "art" pieces. They admit, though, that they were very heavy to act in!

"Not just the headpieces, but the actual outfit," Song said while Shipka nodded along.

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The costumes in the movie were originally used in the Las Vegas show Jubilee. Anderson said in an interview with Harper's Bazaar published Jan. 9 that she "loved" all the showgirl costumes, too, that were curated by costume designer Jacqui Getty.

"All the Bob Mackie stuff was such a dream to wear," Shipka added in the same interview. She then reminisced about a lavender dress she didn't get to wear before Anderson reminded her that she got to wear that dress.

"It was so many fun costumes to wear," Anderson said.

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