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MOTIONPICTUREC O S T U M E R S .O R G 27 very own Chinatown. "We shopped a lot of vintages through vendors like Kiki Stash. With stunts though, we tried to shop as much as we could for budgetary reasons so there was a lot of time spent wandering around Chinatown finding unique pieces we could multiply. As a Costume Buyer, it's not every day that you end up forging personal relationships with the community running the stalls at Dynasty Shopping Center [LA's prevalent bazaar-like shopping area in Chinatown]! It was such a unique immersion and a very memorable experience." Rachel Stivers worked as Background (BG) Key Costumer on the show, starting her work on the production at the end of 2022. "I started out as a day player, just lending a general helping hand during prep, and it became clear that they needed more permanent help. I became the BG Key for the run of the show. I coordinated with ADs and Central Casting to schedule fiings and bookings. We were still under COVID regulations for most of the shooting schedule, so this also involved making sure the correct groups of people were cast in time to make it through testing." As the show has a period feel of the 1990s to 2000s, the background actors were brought in for fiings before working on set. "We pre-fit most of our BG because the looks were so specific. I coordinated a crew of shoppers and fiers, making sure Ronnie Chieng and Jimmy O. Yang. Courtesy of Hulu. Jimmy O. Yang making a delivery. Courtesy of Hulu. Jimmy O. Yang and Cloe Bennet. Courtesy of Hulu.