While she spent the beginning of the second season wearing other pieces, she goes back to the burgundy hoodie following an emotional event that occurred when her mother, sister and friends called her out on her drug use and when she finally accepts she needs to get sober.īivens explained the significance of the garment and how it plays a role in the character’s journey with drug addiction. It was ultimately revealed in the season’s finale that the sweater belonged to her late father. In the first season of “Euphoria,” Rue (played by Zendaya) was practically always seen wearing the same burgundy zip-up hoodie. Zendaya in “Euphoria” - Credit: Courtesy of HBO One such look was her “country music star” outfit - the moniker was coined by Maddy and Kat - which consisted of a floral light blue dress worn under a tied gingham shirt both custom designed by costume designer Seth Pratt. Her idea of being loved is that she needs to be attractive.” We all want to be loved, right? That’s her way of expressing that. So much of her costumes from the second season have to do with grasping for Nate’s attention, but Nate represents something bigger for her. “ is extremely feminine in a traditional idea of what femininity is,” Bivens said. This is reflected through her wardrobe, as she wears an array of highly noticeable looks to get Nate’s attention. Sydney Sweeney in “Euphoria” - Credit: Courtesy of HBOĬassie, arguably the show’s most emotional character, has an identity crisis in season two when she’s having a secret romantic relationship with Nate, Maddy’s ex-boyfriend. Here, WWD looks at some of the best fashion moments in “Euphoria” season two. While the first season incorporated a lighter, brightly colored wardrobe, the second season has gone a bit darker to reflect heavier subjects. I threw that out and just let myself have free reign for whatever and anything that we wanted to put on the screen.”įor Bivens, the costumes added another layer of storytelling by reflecting each character’s emotional state and personal struggles. I wasn’t intent on keeping all of the brands cheap enough that all of these characters could afford them. “The first season, it was my intention to keep it feeling grounded enough that it felt like these characters could really wear the clothes, whereas the second season verges more into fantasy. In her first meeting with Zendaya, she learned the star kept all her late grandfather’s clothing in memory of him, according to the book.“It’s all about having fun with it and not overthinking it and just having free reign of expression, more than the first season, which was still really establishing who these characters are,” said Bivens, a former WWD staffer, in a January interview. “It’s so important, as a costume designer, to listen to your actors and to respond to any notes they give … (They) made me better all the time.” “For the nature of the subject matter and story, it seemed only natural to me, at times, to be curious about what an actor wanted to bring in collaborating with me for the costumes,” Bivens said. “To be able to use restraint in creative choices and to understand when a character needs to be … more pedestrian and not necessarily be grabbing the audience’s attention with the way they look is equally as relevant as creating costumes that are exciting,” Bivens said.īivens takes inspiration from the show’s actors, utilizing some of their personal items and experiences as parts of their characters’ wardrobes. Setting the parameters for the psychology of each character “has so much to do with being able to … sit with the characters in your mind and think through each scene and what their motivation is,” Bivens said.Ĭal (back row) and Nate (front center) pose for a family photo. In “Euphoria,” clothes are more plot devices and psychological profiles than they are props. “You don’t get everything from the same place, and you build it over time.” This process is the “method way of building a closet, which is how people build their closets in real life,” she wrote in the book. “Some of the best ideas that I worked into the costumes came from real people that I saw while I was out shopping or walking around in New York or Los Angeles,” Bivens explained. I need it.'" Eddy Chen/HBOĪnd she says she frequently finds inspiration from people in the real world. "I showed up at her house one day while I was prepping, and she was wearing (them). "The workwear pants and silk '70s vintage disco top came from my very dear friend and talented stylist Amanda Merten," Bivens wrote in her book.
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