CDG - The Costume Designer

Making such a hard-won success look e ortless is de rigor for costume designer Marlene Stewart, whose credits include Oblivion and Tropic Thunder. She treats the accomplishment with characteristic sincerity. "I have worked with the late Tony Scott before and collaborated with Tom Cruise on several movies, so it also was an honor," says Stewart. On this project the magnitude of the original fi lm's success loomed large. "The challenge was to design another movie and to give it a great look without changing the heart and soul," Stewart explains. In many ways, that heart and soul was embodied in a particular garment. Tom Cruise in his ight jacket is an image that has resonated ever since the fi lm premiered. Reproducing the jacket was an exercise in precision, investigation, and determination. "It was one of our hardest, most important tasks. It needed to be a jacket made between and . We had every single element measurement down to the millimeter," Stewart says. "It is kind of a Frankenjacket, meaning we used elements from around 0 period pieces from several vendors who specialie in sourcing military jackets to create the fi nal piece." Reproduc ja e t w ex c e p c , s ga n, • • t m a n. Reproduc ja e t w ex c e p c , s ga n, • • t m a n. Photo: Paramount Pictures, Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise as "Maverick," Miles Teller as "Rooster," Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise as "Maverick," Miles Teller as "Rooster," Top Gun: Maverick Bashir Salahuddin as "Hondo" Photo: Paramount Pictures, Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise, oseph Kosinski Maverick Tom Cruise, oseph Kosinski Maverick and erry Bruckheimer on the set Photo: Paramount Pictures, Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise as "Maverick" 23

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