2019-09-04 The Hollywood Reporter

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 46 SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

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Costumes and Sets

Style

American dream and the slip-

pery slope of the hustle.”

Creating the styles for the

strippers (played by, in addition

to Lopez and Cardi B, Constance

Wu, Lizzo and Keke Palmer) began

with a clear color palette. Lopez’s

Ramona “is in complete control, so

I looked at prismatic colors — pale

lavenders, citrine yellows and pur-

ples,” says Travers. Adds Scafaria,

“We also looked at images from

the period of Ashlee Simpson,

Miley Cyrus and Tila Tequila for

references.” For protege Destiny

(played by Wu), Travers says, “I

started with rusts and browns.”

Scafaria’s overall color edict was

simple: “My only instruction,” she

says, “was I didn’t want any green

in the movie other

t ha n money.”

While the original

scene of the crime

described in the

source material — a

2015 New York maga-

zine article by Jessica Pressler

— was the legendary Scores,

Musky designed a glitzier world

at Long Island City’s Show Palace.

The space was transformed by

a melange of magentas, purples

and blues while “making sure

everything was reflective, from

the floor to the black Naugahyde

chairs,” she says. Adds Scafaria,

“Jane added so much — neon,

beautiful lights, shiny floors and

mirrors — that the owners of the

Show Palace decided to keep it.”

For Ramona’s posh two-story

penthouse, filmed in a floor-to-

ceiling-windowed high-rise near

Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, Musky

came up with a stunning, tone-

on-tone white palette. She adds

that Lopez “brought me her family

photos and candids to use on set. It

created a feeling that her character

is someone who worked hard to

get where she is, but would throw

an old-fashioned Christmas party

for her family in this big, luxuri-

ous place.” Which jibes with the

theme of the movie, says Travers:

“Everything has to do with the

woman on the stage — that is

where the power is. It has nothing

to do with whose wallet is out.”

“They know the tools of the trade,” says
Travers of the exotic-dancer characters
and their over-the-top costumes (below,
Lopez). “One night they might be into
romanticism; the next, a trashy look.”

From left: Lili

Reinhart, Lopez,

Keke Palmer and

Wu. Says Palmer:

“Wardrobe sets

the tone: If

you look in the

mirror and see

yourself looking

differently ...

coupled with

background,

you know about

the character.”

Goldsmith-

Thomas

FURNITURE

Production

designer Jane Musky

and set decorator

Alexandra Mazur pulled

sofas from Acme

Props, adding yellow

chairs and art.

STRIPPER POLE

Sourced from Germany,

a spinning pole with

ball bearings allowed more

movement per “J.Lo and

her stripper coach,” says

production designer

Musky.