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Hayden Anhedonia is better known asEthel Cain, but youd be mistaken for thinking theyre one and the same.
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Im very interested in character studies," she says.
Fashionparticularly costumeshave been important to the artist for as long as she can remember.
Anhedonia was raised Christian in the Florida Bible Belt.
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Homeschooled, the only media she consumed were old VHS tapes.
I was watchingLittle House on the Prairie,The Waltons, Picnic at Hanging Rock," she says.
“My favorite Disney movie of all time isTuck Everlasting, which is the Edwardian period.
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All these films [have] that beautiful silhouette of the turn of the 20th century.
It always captivated me.
You see this extremely covered up, bustled feminine look that is so staunch.
But also, theyre padding their hips, theyre corseting their waists.
You could see it was a bubble of female sexuality that was about to pop in the twenties.
I have a lot of 110-, 120-year-old dresses that I dont want to wear on stage.
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I dont want to damage them, she says.
I wanted to do something historically accurate and very buttoned up, she says.
Anhedonia struggles sometimes, to create a distinction between herself and Ethel Cain.
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And sometimes I have to ask myself,Where are you at?
What are you doing?
There are certain things that Ethel Cain would never wear.
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I never want anything with Ethel Cain to be extremely sexual, she says.
That, however, does not bar Anhedonia from wearing the things that Ethel would avoid.
Youre never going to see Ethel Cain in a two-piece at the beach.
Youre never going to see her booty shorts from Walmart.
Youre never going to see her in a face gaiter as a tube top.
Its certainly a surrender of control that I would usually refuse to give up, she says.
The black high-necked blouse and long skirt were, at best, impractical.
Sometimes my body genuinely will not let me wear something on that particular day.
If you want the real truth, Im always Hayden onstage, she says.
