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Although the full storyline is top secret until the film premieres, Phillips did share, "It's a really fun ride! A feminist thriller of sorts, extremely well-crafted in the way it builds and it's very provocative. The costumes, production design, and cinematography add to that." The cast, including Olivia Wilde, lorence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, Chris Pine, Kiki Layne, and Nick Kroll brought their own inspi- ration and ideas to the story. "It's an embarrassment of riches, having so much great talent on the film." Working with such an accomplished cast allows Phillips to fully embrace her design philosophy. "My pro- cess is to build an inner life for the characters, to create a full-bodied concept of who they are, who they have been, who they were before the story, and who they may be after the story. That's a part of the make-believe, using your imagination, beyond what you read in the script and even beyond what the director tells you." Phillips used color and silhouette as her entry point to create the film's utopian community set in the late 's to early 's. "When I design a period film, I always love a mixture of made-to-order and the real thing. nfortunately, there's not a lot of originals from this time period that are in great shape." Shooting during the pandemic proved to be challenging. Not many vendors were open and with borders closed, garments could not be purchased from overseas. "Luckily, we were working at Western Costume Company. Eddie Marks and his assistant Kristen Ann were fantastic. We built many costumes in the workroom. We also had an incredible pattern-makerfitter Joanne Mills from Local building in-house." A large portion of Harry's and lorence's wardrobes was custom made. or vintage garments, life acts, who y -..." 23 nsiration imager rom Arianne iis mood oards