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in a while, but if it's a lovely friend, it's nothing." Most recently, the team worked on the new Apple TV show Imperfect Women (airing later this year), starring Carrie Washington and Elizabeth Moss and features a lot of custom-made work. "It's all contemporary, and we had so much actual couture, so much Zimmermann and Schiaparelli and just beautiful things. And we were able to make some stuff in that same world. We got to alter so many gorgeous couture pieces, which is some of our favorite work to do. It's so inspiring how some things are put together. Their in-house alterations person Ashley Rigg was there for background and the everyday stuff, and it was such a big show sometimes I would come in and support her if she needed a day off. It was a lovely collaboration and she was wonderful." aini has a very strong connection to her pro- labor roots and the work environment she has built is something that we can all hope lasts and sets the tone for all workrooms. "I want the industry to feel like a welcoming place to younger generations, and I don't think that historically, it's been like that. I feel like you need so much energy to work on what we do, and just because somebody is young doesn't mean that they're not talented. For such a long time, it's been so nebulous. How are you onboarded into this career? I think that's part of why I wanted to open California Paerns is to provide a sense of transparency and stewardship, and to raise stewards of the union who will help us be stronger in the future and who see the power of organizing. That is at the core of what we do, and it will always be at the core of what we do." California Union Made Paerns is a 1,600-square-foot made-to-order workroom in North Hollywood and to inquire about hiring for work, contact them at www.californiapaerns.studio many commercials, TV shows, and features since its opening, and more recently, they have built costumes for the Dunkin' Donuts series of commercials, built the gold cowboy jacket multiples in Fall Guy, helped the Palm Royale team make some multiples that they needed of vintage pieces and worked on Dexter: Original Sin. Gaini tells us that she particularly enjoyed working on Dexter and with Costume Designer Analucia McGorty because "she has such a wealth of information about purchasing vintage and dead stock and that we were able to really shop a lot of the show, which is incredible for a period show, but she had such an eye and she's so sweet. I loved working with her and usually, the multiples were only for Dexter. We made multiples of his polos, multiples of his shirts, because he got so freaking bloody." Like many workroom experiences, the timetables are short, and the jobs come in fast but that doesn't phase Gaini and her team. "I think because we are so selective on the projects that we take on, and we're so selective about the designers and stylists that we will work with, that when we're bending over backward for someone, we're doing it for someone we love and respect. So, it's not a problem, we know our work is appreciated. The harder we work on it, the more it's going to help the team that we're working with and so it makes it worth it. If it was for somebody that was treating us badly, or disrupting the way that we work, it would feel really awful to have to do overtime once G Yesenia Solis working on a custom long black veil 50 SPRING 2026