Here’s Why the Handmaids Wear Red on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

The designer added, “We wanted the handmaids, as they are the fertile women’s tribe of the story, to flow down the streets of Gilead, leaving a long line of red in the midst of the gray of Gilead.”

“Beyond this, the red is the color of a womb, of a wanton woman, a scarlet kind of mark upon a pious world of dark tones in the visual landscape, and also in a tiny intimate space.”

The Handmaid’s Tale airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST on Hulu.