Patricia Norris — American Designer born on March 22, 1931,

Patricia Norris was an American costume designer and production designer, who has worked on many significant American films and was nominated for six Academy Awards in her career... (wikipedia)

As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and hit the stores they'd shop.
I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
Living through the heat in Louisiana was awful.