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56 The Costume Designer Winter 2021 Davis) is similarly monochromatic. As a devout Catholic, she only wears black in public mourning after her son passes. Black was also used to great dramatic effect in certain scenes, such as the Baxters' walk into the prison. In contrast, the city of New Orleans, itself a main character in the story, is full of color particularly in the 9th Ward. Big Mo (Andrene Ward-Hammond), the head of the Desire Krewe, is "dressed like the Nubian queen of the 9th," Marx says, in authentic African printed fab- rics and jewelry shopped at the French Market in the Quarter. Her son, Little Mo (Keith Machekanyanga), dresses in bold streetwear, as do the other Desire Krewe members. Flaunting locally sourced, colorful, "match-y" ensembles, like skinny matching Dickies outfits and Nike Air Force Ones—or "Dickie fits" and "G-Nikes," to use the local vernacular. The use of color and pattern repre- sents the way that jazz flows through the city. Both Marx and Van Duyne know New Orleans well, and were excited to have the chance to bring its vivid canvas to life. They were able to recreate rich cultural traditions like second-line processions and repasts— public, communal celebrations of the dead—as well as exuberant events like the annual Red Dress Run. These powerful representations of the culture of New Orleans, make Your Honor a distinctly Crescent City experience. Hope Davis and Michael Stuhlbarg as Gina and Jimmy Baxter Eugene Jones (Benjamin Flores Jr.) and the second line Photo: Skip Bolen, courtesy Showtime Photo: Courtesy Showtime