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Billionaire Roman Roy (played by Kieran Culkin) wore the astir budget-friendly garment during the Succession bid finale connected May 28.
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There's thing ludicrous astir this Succession manner moment.
During the HBO series finale connected May 28, Kieran Culkin's Roman Roy shocked fans aft they discovered helium was wearing a budget-friendly look—which included a $7 T-shirt from the kids' conception astatine Walmart.
And no, your eyes aren't playing tricks connected you—Roman's top truly is cheaper than your mean margarita.
During a scene with his siblings Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) and Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook), Roman dons a blue shirt with 3 multi-colored stripes on the sleeves.
While the simplicity of the look didn't initially rise eyebrows—after all, the bid is known for jumpstarting the quiet luxury trend—the show's costume section dropped the bombshell that Roman's outfit came courtesy of a kids' shirt from the mega-retailer.
"I tin yet formal similar a Roy," 1 instrumentality commented connected the Succession Fashion Instagram account on May 29, portion different idiosyncratic replied, "The mode I saw that garment and needed to person it lone to recognize it's from Walmart."
Someone other added, "I did NOT spot this coming, but I americium present for it."
Although the affordable tee struck a chord with galore successful the comments section, others pointed retired the value of Roman's wardrobe choice, particularly since he's sporting the look during a sojourn to his mother, Lady Caroline Collingwood (Harriet Walter), in Barbados.
As one idiosyncratic enactment it, "I loooove reasoning helium near a garment determination erstwhile helium was a teen connected abrogation and recovered it successful a drawer."
Another idiosyncratic shared, "Proper attire for a enactment astatine Mommy's," portion idiosyncratic other noted, "those random t-shirts that your ma hangs onto for erstwhile you travel location to visit."
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Of course, Roman's inexpensive ensemble wasn't the lone astonishing element. After 4 seasons of twists and turns, the finale ended with a bang.
"I went into the penning country for play 4 benignant of saying, 'I think this is what we're doing, but let's besides support it open,'" creator Jesse Armstrong told The New Yorker in an interrogation published Feb. 23. "I similar operating the penning country by coming successful with a benignant of proposition, and past being genuinely unfastened to alternate ways of going."
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"The determination to extremity solidified done the penning and adjacent erstwhile we started filming," the Emmy victor continued. "I said to the cast, 'I'm not a 100 percent sure, but I deliberation this is it.' Because I didn't privation to bulls--t them, either."
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