I made many quiet clothes that fit well, like trousers and flares. Sometimes, I found a blouse, piece of jewelry, or something that felt right, and we built around it. I wanted to be tethered to real finds and tie everything to reality. If you start using too many theatrical devices, you’re just taking steps further away from keeping that sort of visceral feeling that it needed. I had to go from the script.
This season was supposed to be a complete juxtaposition to the end of season two. We wanted to open up and were in a beautiful, idyllic witchy village; they’ve already gone through the worst of survival, and now the summer’s coming, and things are looking up. A summer solstice ceremony happens in the first episode, putting leaves on their costumes.
Red is a very important color in the Catholic Church, to begin with. Edward and I looked at the shade of red the church is using now and thought it wouldn’t work for the film. This was actually our starting point to say, let’s change the color. Let’s also change the fabric to a heavier, woolen fabric, in a red that embraces you. A color can create a distance and the color can draw you in. Red is the color of blood. It’s for love. It’s for fire. It is a very powerful and meaningful color.
Trainspotting, Misery, and Harry Potter were just a few of the costume designer’s references for Baby Reindeer.
“This suit is his safe place. He feels like a superman, because when he’s on stage as a comedian, that’s where he becomes his true self and he feels most free.”
“A big part is working really carefully with hair and makeup, because with the right hairdo and the right makeup, we can take something that’s maybe not real designer and can elevate it.”
Colleen Atwood is the great costume designer behind Chicago, several Tim Burton classics, and now, Masters of the Air.
“With Guy, a comfortable gentleman is somebody who can walk around in a suit and feel very assertive and at ease.”
“When you see these awful fits and everything doesn’t fit or it’s just put together very haphazardly, that’s consciously done knowing that, well, where is Martha’s state of mind?”
“There were so many prototypes for the vault suits, and it was a fine line between paying enough respect to the existing suit, but making it interesting and new.”
