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LOCAL706.ORG • 25 MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES What do you do when Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer want you to do their show with them? You say yes please and then plan how to achieve the best results for each of the looks we'd need to create. I wasn't able to be there for the camera test or the first week of filming, so I knew I needed someone who could handle all the prep like a champ and keep me involved every step of the way (even if I was on the other side of the planet). at someone was Ahou Mofid. Ahou came on as my Co-Department Head and along with Celeste Gonzalez, they kick-started the first season of Margo's Got Money Troubles without a hitch! I arrived at a well-organized, well-oiled machine. If I had to pick my favorite aspect of this project, it would be the creative collaboration and incredible teamwork. It made this job a dream! Being able to lead a hair team that was excited to create and work with the other departments to build something really special was not only fun but incredibly rewarding. Having costume designer Mirren Gordon-Crozier and Department Head Make-up Erin Ayanian to bounce off of was a joy but also incredibly helpful, as creating contemporary looks is not my natural habitat. e daily input from cast was also something we enjoyed and encouraged. We wanted these amazing characters to feel real and for the audience to relate to them, so it was essential to keep grounding ourselves back in that reality and make sure we were thinking about styles and concepts that the characters would be able to accomplish themselves. Knowing sometimes less is more, I chose to leave the fluff and flyways alone (anyone that knows me, knows I'm a fan of that anyway). Before we started, I had informative meetings with Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman, and our director of the first block, Dearbhla Walsh. Elle shared her ideas about Margo's hair being reflective of the struggles the character would go through being a new single mother. e more creative aspects were at play in building her OnlyFans Hungry Ghost character. Michelle knew she wanted Shyanne to be a blonde, but what shade of blonde was the question. We wanted her to have found her look years back and to have stuck with it, not conforming to the latest trends and fashions but staying with what she knows works on her. We had a wig built to suit and once it was layer cut, Shyanne's go-to style was created by simply curling it with a flat iron. HAIR B Y J A I M E L E I G H M C I N T O S H D E P A R T M E N T H E A D H A I R MAKE-UP B Y E R I N A Y A N I A N D E P A R T M E N T H E A D M A K E - U P A N D J A S O N C O L L I N S S P E C I A L M A K E - U P E F F E C T S D E S I G N E R Nick Offerman was very open to what direction we would go for his character Jinx. Originally, we wanted to go for a shaved head, but the team opted for a soer look. e only note Nick gave me for his flashback wrestling look was something "glam rock." To me, that meant length, curl, and highlights. I created the mullet version as that shape was a great balance to his beard and because I'll always try to sneak in a mullet where I can. For Susie (addea Graham), the cosplaying roommate, Celeste was able to go full cutie daily, creating whimsical hair styles with everything from leather and charms to mini- toadstools and dragons. KC and Rose, our OnlyFans girls, had multiple looks and costume changes. I worked closely with Mirren and Erin to build each look, deciding on the wig we could create for KC and what hair accessories we could build into Rose's look. e cache of hair accessories we collected was something to behold. For Elizabeth Gable (Marcia Gay Harden), we added a white streak. e looks for Nicole Kidman's Lace were created by her personal hair stylist, Kim Santantonio. Special thanks to the incredible hair team: Ahou Mofid, Celeste Gonzalez, R'riyana Kline, Lydia Fantini, Ronald Graves, and everyone who came to help and create on our bigger days. You guys made it what is. We are forever grateful for your outstanding work and how fun you made it to come to work daily! • When I knew Margo was happening, there were several important conversations to begin with. First, Elle and I needed to brainstorm about her character's look. We needed to discuss the personality, priorities, and habits of this person we're about to bring to life. I needed to see what Mirren Crozier was planning for costumes. I needed to hear what Department Head Hair Jaime Leigh McIntosh was planning and then I was ready to propose some ideas to our showrunners, David E. Kelley and Eva Anderson, and our director, Dearbhla Walsh. In order not to compromise the extraordinary accessibility and realism that I knew Elle would bring to the role; I needed to keep her make-up reflective of who this character was. I, of course, wanted her to look pretty, but not too sophisticated and certainly not as if she's had a professional