The Star Wars universe quickly became part of the collective landscape.
In the decades since many people have written themselves into oseph
Campbell's monomyththe broad concept that myths, folk tales, and
religious stories from all over the world share unifying themes. Her
own hero's journey brought costume designer Suttirat Larlarb to the
project after having honed her craft on projects like merican Gods
and the latest Bond fi lm, No Time to Die.
Her path to costume design passed through the fi ne arts and art
direction. "In college I studied painting and intended to go into fi ne
arts. I had one costume design class and it defi nitely more than piqued
my interest. It was the synthesis of the things I was interested in like
drawing and fashion, of course, but it was also academic incorporating
art history, anthropology, and psychology. Building a world through
research and creativity was a great melding of all the things that I'd
been groomed to do." fter graduating she began in the entertainment
industry as an art director. "I always knew I was going to end up doing
costume. The question was would I do both"
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THE COSTUME DESIGNER
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SUMMER 2022
