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26 SUMMER 2025 of his generic background mold and bending the genre of the fictional world, including scenes taking place in jarring commercials outside of the procedural space. Costume Designer Christine Wada designed the pilot with Local 705 and Local 892 dual- card member Tamsin Costello as Assistant Costume Designer, then Costello went on to design the rest of the series with fellow dual-card member Laura Wong as her ACD. As the Black & White cop procedural show has a specific look of late 1990s to early 2000s, a lot of the clothing had to be sourced for both principal and background actors. Corey Mansfield worked as a Costume Buyer for the production, alongside Tiffany Randel, pulling for both principals and stunts. "As I joined the series aer the pilot, a lot of the custom-made pieces were already established. In terms of renting vs. purchasing, Tiffany and I always started our days at the costume houses but would end up sometimes having to purchase if we weren't finding the right pieces as rentals." Mansfield goes on to tell us that their main source hub outside of the rental houses were vintage shops around town and Los Angeles' "I love working with background because I get to be creative on the spot: I have an actor in front of me and I need to turn them into a character in a very short amount of time with only one to three options." — L I L I P I L L E T Chris Pang doing kung fu. Courtesy of Hulu.