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to my fiing and I'm not finished yet, someone will hop in and help me." There are fiings throughout the week and the stars and professional dancers will rehearse in garments pulled from 32 seasons of stock that are similar to the costume that they will perform in on the day of the live performance. "Everything has to be ready the night before show day. Typically, we have about four days to turn around all the costumes. We might do some last-minute rhinestoning or alterations the day before or the morning of but everything needs to have a mic pack in it and ready to go and be set for the performers in their trailers the next day." The morning on the day of the show, the contestants will have a full dress rehearsal with the garment and the team will see it on camera. "We'll adjust things as we see it during the rehearsals through camera and how they're going to film it and then it will come back to us, if it needs to, for last-minute adjustments. But that's the first time they're puing on the costume to dance in." The building of the garment base happens so fast that the team rarely has time to photograph or film their process, but Kendall has posted "The final step is all the rhinestones, it's the icing on top. It is what makes these garments extra- special and we go through a lot of stones on this show." Gluing individual rhinestones on Shangella gown, from start to finish. Teamwork: Maggie Clapis, Krystle Kaminski, and Juliette Kendall 38 WINTER 2025