{"id":2179875,"date":"2025-11-28T14:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2179875"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:25:09","slug":"exclusive-inside-stranger-things-season-5-costume-looks-hopper-dustin-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/exclusive-inside-stranger-things-season-5-costume-looks-hopper-dustin-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Inside &#8216;Stranger Things&#8217; Season 5 costume looks: Hopper, Dustin and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2Fstranger-things-costumes.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Totally tubular.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Parris, who designed the \u201cStranger Things\u201d costumes for the hit show\u2019s final three seasons, dressed the main characters according to the \u201cemotions they\u2019re going through.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them have very specific colors,\u201d she exclusively told the Post, pointing out that Will (Noah Schnapp) wears \u201ctan, blue, and red that has been in almost every season.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, and Noah Schnapp as Will Byers in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX \u00a9 2025<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) wears \u201ca lot of burgundies and maroons,\u201d while Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) \u201cis always nice and bright,\u201d but he\u2019s more subdued in Season 5 because he is \u201cin mourning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Season 5 sees Dustin mourning his friend Eddie (Joseph Quinn), who died in Season 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>That\u2019s given him a more somber look with darker colors, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got his trench coat, but now he\u2019s got gray pants, and his Reeboks went from white to black. His hat is no longer a big statement with a slogan. It\u2019s black, with a little bit of yellow,\u201d Parris explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Spoilers below for the first volume of \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, now streaming on Netflix.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Created by the Duffer brothers<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/14\/entertainment\/stranger-things-joe-chrest-ted-wheeler-reacts-to-glow-up-reactions\/\">, the Netflix mega-hit<\/a> premiered in 2016, and will end with Season 5. The sci-fi show has followed characters living in Hawkins, Indiana in the \u201880s, as they deal with monsters from the sinister \u201cUpside Down\u201d dimension.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among others, the group includes Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Joyce (Winona Rider), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/07\/entertainment\/millie-bobby-brown-david-harbour-attend-stranger-things-5-premiere-after-bullying-claims\/\">Hopper (David Harbour),<\/a> Steve (Joe Keery), Robin (Maya Hawke), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), and Nancy (Natalia Dyer).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Hopper (David Harbour) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Season 5, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/18\/entertainment\/stranger-things-star-went-to-therapy-after-starring-role\/\">evil Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) <\/a>is abducting children, such as Holly Wheeler (Nell Fisher). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a lot of youth, and a lot of kids. So I wanted the crayon colors to really shine amongst the kids,\u201d said Parris, pointing out that the new character, Derek Turnbow (Jake Connelly), wears a \u201ccrayon sweater\u201d with red, blue, and yellow stripes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primaries are really rich and saturated. And then we also balance that with more faded, subtle, darker shades for fall and winter,\u201d Parris explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that helps just reflect the audience that it\u2019s not spring, it\u2019s not summer. It\u2019s a little bit more serious. It\u2019s darker in tone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">Matt Kennedy\/Netflix \u00a9\u00a02025<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Season 5 also sees Hawkins under a military quarantine, as commando types march around, prowling around the sinister Upside Down dimension. Linda Hamilton\u2019s new character, Dr. Kay, is in charge of them. <\/p>\n<p>The Duffer brothers relayed that they wanted to feel like the commandos were, \u201clike this mercenary group of militia that\u2019s separate from anything that the military has actually done historically,\u201d said Parris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a made up kind of militia, within our Upside Down world. But it was cool to get to give them these sort of jumpsuit flight suit looks.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe made these black vests so that it\u2019s very tactical and functional. And then they\u2019ve got special military patches that signify they\u2019re part of this wolf pack.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Linda Hamilton in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, with a commando.  <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX \u00a9 2025<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parris deliberately strayed away from real military outfits because she didn\u2019t want it to \u201coffend the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, their outfits aren\u2019t based on any specific modern combat look, but rather, \u201cjust cobbled together from all military of all decades,\u201d she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hopper also has his own DIY military outfit in Season 5, as he\u2019s been sneaking into the Upside Down to spy on the commandos and search for Vecna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose uniforms are meant to look the same on everybody. Something that can be purely functional [and] battle ready. So that was something exciting to get to do with David,\u201d Parris explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Season 5, Hopper talks about his past military experience in the Vietnam War.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur inspiration was actually harkening back to his background in the military that he served in the story. He was part of the Chemical Corps <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/02\/19\/world-news\/military-special-ops-unit-is-so-classified-it-doesnt-have-a-name\/\">Special Ops,<\/a> and that uniform actually does have specific pockets and specific placement,\u201d Parris said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Caleb (Lucas Sinclair) in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX \u00a9 2025<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She said they tried to mirror that look, but in a different fabric, so that it looked more homemade, as if \u201cJoyce made pants for him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was more of like a slate gray blue fabric instead of the odd green that the military would have used. But we mirrored the placement of the pockets and the exact design of the Chemical Corps uniform so that it could feel like, \u2018okay, this is his background. This is what he knows to wear.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On top, Hopper then wears an \u201880s leather jacket that \u201cis functional, to protect himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was cool to get to infuse the story of his previous background in the military, mixed in with \u201880s fashion,\u201d she told The Post, noting it\u2019s a \u201cbadass battle look.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Harbour was \u201creally into\u201d the final outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was excited. He also wanted to make sure that he was comfortable all season. Because we really only see a few outfits this season on these characters,\u201d she detailed. \u201cSo we got really specific about the boots and made sure his footwear would be something he could wear for hours on end every day, months at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Harbour in \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">COURTESY OF NETFLIX \u00a9 2025<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parris gave Hopper and the militia men canvas Palladium shoes, \u201cwhich were also popular in the 80s, and we knew those would be a little bit more comfortable to wear throughout the entire season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maya Hawke, meanwhile, was \u201cthe most vocal,\u201d about her outfits, and one of Robin\u2019s looks is even inspired \u201cby Winona Ryder and her fashion of the \u201880s.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ryder tribute \u2014\u00a0which will pop up later in the season \u2014\u00a0was Hawke\u2019s idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was \u201ca cute nod to somebody that she has not only admired as a human, but now gets to work with as an actor,\u201d said Parris.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5 will have 8 episodes, dropping on Netflix in three volumes, releasing on Nov. 26, Dec. 25, and Dec. 31.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Totally tubular. Amy Parris, who designed the \u201cStranger Things\u201d costumes for the hit show\u2019s final three seasons, dressed the main characters according to the \u201cemotions they\u2019re going through.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cSome of them have very specific colors,\u201d she exclusively told the Post, pointing out that Will (Noah Schnapp) wears \u201ctan, blue, and red that has been in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2179876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[25538,40867,21741,25404,23191,305890,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2179875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-actors","tag-david-harbour","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-netflix","tag-stranger-things","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Exclusive-Inside-Stranger-Things-Season-5-costume-looks-Hopper.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2179877,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179875\/revisions\/2179877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2179876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}