edithhead:“This movie is really a kind of dark fairy tale and also a classic coming of age sto
edithhead:“This movie is really a kind of dark fairy tale and also a classic coming of age story. It was so fun to be part of creating India’s look. A lot of those initial inspirations came from really classic little girls clothing, the paintings of Balthus and even thinking of Henry Darger’s work were great springboards. It was important to everyone that the film feel out of time, but we didn’t use any vintage clothing with the exception of estate jewellery. There were some 1950s day blouses that we looked at just for the construction and finishing covered buttons and closures. They were part of our trying to show her obsession with detail. The skirts were also a practical thing for India. She’s comfortable in her clothes and they are practical for her. Almost all of her skirts had pockets in them because she uses her pockets. It was also a way to tie her to her Uncle Charlie. Uncle Charlie has his hands in pockets stance at the funeral and Director Park wanted to link India to her Uncle Charlie in that aspect. We loved dressing a contemporary teenage girl that is in no way influenced by reality TV or tabloids. She is her own creation… India having an obsessive nature, we liked to use repetition, knife pleats in skirts or pin tucking in blouses to reinforce that obsessiveness in pattern. It was also important to Director Park that India always be symmetrical, centre parted hair and there ended up being kind of a soft geometry to her clothes. It gave us a great place to go when showing her stepping into womanhood and her truer nature.” — Kurt & Bart, costume designers for Stoker (2013) dir. Park Chan-wook -- source link
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