The fashion world is having a moment on-screen this spring, whether it\u2019s in The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>\u2019s blockbuster sequel<\/a> or the pop-star thriller Mother Mary<\/em><\/a>, but none seems to be bolder than I Love Boosters<\/em>, which goes far beyond the fashion design industry and embraces teleportation, demons, and workers\u2019 rights all at once.<\/p>\n Directed by Boots Riley, known for his eccentric style in Sorry to Bother You<\/em> and I\u2019m a Virgo<\/em>, the wacky comedy follows a group of down-on-their-luck women who steal clothes and sell them for less (a.k.a. \u201cboosting\u201d) in the Bay Area. During one spree, the group of friends\u2014Corvette (Keke Palmer), Sade (Naomi Ackie), and Mariah (Taylour Paige)\u2014encounters another shoplifter using a strange machine: It sucks up clothing like a vacuum and transports it all the way to China, to the factory where she works under exploitative conditions. Instead of competing with the newcomer, Jianhu (Poppy Liu), they band together, forming a quartet of colorfully dressed, stylish vigilantes. Their target? Christine Smith (Demi Moore), the designer behind the retail giant Metro Designs, who has an evil side: She stole Corvette\u2019s designs and shut down factory workers\u2019 pleas for safer conditions and better pay.<\/p>\n Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, and Keke Palmer in I Love Boosters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It was only right that the costumes of I Love Boosters<\/em> matched the zaniness of Riley\u2019s vision. Costume designer Shirley Kurata, who previously worked on Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em>, delivered, with a rainbow of monochrome outfits and even a fuzzy nude onesie. Kurata\u2019s initial conversations with Riley started with color, from the hue of each Metro Designs store to the general \u201cbright and colorful palette\u201d throughout. But she had room to play around. \u201cHe really gave me the freedom to explore and experiment with the costumes,\u201d the designer tells ELLE.<\/p>\n A behind-the-scenes look at the costumes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Kurata says her inspirations were \u201ca mix of looks by designers with unique pieces I\u2019ve admired, such as Comme des Gar\u00e7ons, Marc Jacobs, Thom Browne, Sergio Hudson, Victoria Yujin Kwon, Alina Ispas, Alice Wiggin, Leeann Huang, and Solene Lescouet, along with references of real-life images of Chinese factory workers and Oakland locals.\u201d For Christine, she had \u201cspecific references of prominent female fashion designers and more avant-garde runway looks,\u201d and even the 1964 film What a Way to Go!<\/em> In one scene, Shirley MacLaine wears a black bathing suit against a monochrome pink background, which inspired Kurata to dress Moore in black \u201cso she stood out in these colorful sets.\u201d<\/p>\n Kurata estimates they had \u201cprobably over 600\u201d costumes in total, from a myriad of sources. (One big runway scene had 300 extras.) \u201cI sourced from pretty much everywhere possible since we had to find such specific color palettes: costume houses, thrift stores, fashion PR showrooms, online shopping, outreach to designers, and even fashion students and professors from SCAD Atlanta. Some of the custom pieces I made were Corvette\u2019s turquoise dress, the \u2018Smoveralls\u2019 [Corvette\u2019s original design], Sade\u2019s gown, Corvette\u2019s punk look, and Mariah\u2019s nude suit with big nipples.\u201d<\/p>\n The turquoise dress\u2014Corvette\u2019s signature color\u2014was \u201cpretty complicated,\u201d Kurata recalls, \u201cbecause it involved working with car upholstery fabric, which is a trickier fabric to work with, and Keke was also doing stunts wearing that dress and therefore required to wear a harness under it. Also, it was difficult finding the perfect shade of turquoise, as some read too aquamarine or teal. I think that was the hardest one to design.\u201d<\/p>\n A behind-the-scenes moment with Shirley Kurata and Boots Riley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Kurata\u2019s sketches for I Love Boosters.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Of course, the looks didn\u2019t end with the clothes. It was a collaborative effort between Kurata\u2019s team and the hair and makeup departments, as bright glam, eye gems, and elaborate wigs complemented each outfit. Makeup department head Jeremy Dell recalls attending costume fittings with hair designer Jessi Dean to take notes, snap photos, and brainstorm. \u201cWe\u2019re bouncing ideas off Shirley,\u201d Dell says. \u201cShirley might have a makeup idea or a hair idea that might go with the look that she\u2019s seen somewhere, and if we like it, we like it.\u201d Kurata says they shared inspiration photos with one another and had daily discussions \u201cto make sure all three components worked together cohesively.\u201d<\/p>\n Dell estimates his team created \u201calmost 1,000 looks\u201d for the film, including those for the leads, background actors, models, and even some special-effects designs\u2014his biggest undertaking so far. As for hair, Dean says her team used \u201can easy 100 wigs\u201d throughout the shoot.<\/p>\n Demi Moore as Christine Smith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Each main character\u2019s glam and hair reflected their unique personalities. Corvette, for example, is \u201calways eating candy and she always has something to say. So my thought process on her was her arc and makeup is going to be lips,\u201d Dell says. \u201cI wanted you to pay attention to her mouth. So every single time you saw Corvette, she had some wacky lip color on.\u201d And though her hairstyles change throughout the movie, her go-to look is a pixie cut, which Riley envisioned from the beginning. Dean even worked a little streak of turquoise into the style.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Corvette\u2019s best friend Sade had an Erykah Badu\u2013inspired earthy look\u2014think sunset-colored eyeshadow and eye gems\u2014because \u201cto me, Sade is her sun and her moon,\u201d Dell explains. \u201cShe\u2019s that girl that probably braided her hair herself and didn\u2019t mind adding beads and various colors here and there,\u201d adds Dean.<\/p>\n Eiza Gonz\u00e1les and Najah Bradley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mariah, the chill free bird of the group, had minimal makeup, save for some quirky flicks of eyeliner. Dean gave her a mullet to capture the character\u2019s \u201cfunky flair.\u201d Jianhu, who starts off bare-faced, begins wearing more makeup after she meets the girls. Her Asian-inspired glam included Harajuku and K-pop references, and her hair was styled in space buns, per Kurata\u2019s suggestion. Eiza Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s Violeta, a shop employee and social justice warrior, had \u201cmore of an emo situation,\u201d says Dell, with pencil-thin eyebrows and a nose ring.<\/p>\n The costumes get particularly exciting in a heist montage featuring the Velvet Gang in several costumes, hairstyles, and makeup looks, which they shot back-to-back over the course of a day. Dean recalls her team prepping various wigs for about a month and then finalizing each one for about 30 minutes on the day of the shoot. For one of Palmer\u2019s looks, a certain floral headpiece didn\u2019t arrive in time, so Dean\u2019s team custom-made one themselves, fashioning real and synthetic fibers into flower shapes for a makeshift topper. \u201cIt was a lot of creating in real time, which for me was the magic of it all,\u201d Dean says.<\/p>\n An up-close look at a dress created by a SCAD student.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n While the looks were out of this world, Dean also wanted to honor the real-life women who inspired the characters. \u201cGrowing up, I had clear visions of real-life boosters,\u201d she says. \u201cThey were real people, and I just wanted to highlight that, I guess, in a sentimental way.\u201d The hairstyles helped convey that onscreen, like they do in reality. \u201cHair helps to tell each individual story,\u201d Dean says. \u201cWhen hair is treated with intention, it always has something to say.\u201d<\/p>\n The focal point for Corvette\u2019s beauty looks was the lips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n I Love Boosters<\/em> not only has fun with fashion but also looks at it critically. The film sheds light on the many forms of exploitation in the industry and capitalism at large: corporations ignoring factory working conditions and their employees\u2019 well-being; brands taking advantage of communities of color either through outright plagiarism or racial profiling of shoppers; and the rising costs of clothes. Through additional characters, it highlights the struggles of retail workers, from short lunch breaks to being forced to buy their own uniforms without reimbursement. In one skin-crawling (pun intended) twist, the film even points to how these businesses serve people in power.<\/p>\n A structural jacket from Alice Wiggin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The laundry load of real-world issues can be depressing and overwhelming, especially when it feels like we must face them by ourselves. But Riley and I Love Boosters<\/em> argue that the solution lies in community. As the end of the film shows, real change is made through collective action. It can be isolating to face our struggles on our own\u2014take Corvette, who was so lonely she almost hooked up with a soul-sucking demon before realizing her friends were always there for her. It\u2019s not about turning inward but reaching out.<\/p>\n LaKeith Stanfield and Keke Palmer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Dell aimed to incorporate that message into the makeup as well. \u201cI wanted it to show the community of it,\u201d he says. \u201cI wanted to show that each girl was representing something in themselves, something in their community, that they brought back to the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n Kurata wishes that audiences absorb the same message\u2014while enjoying themselves on this wild cinematic ride. \u201cI hope that they take with them the power of self-expression with fashion, but tied to that is the social responsibility as consumers,\u201d she says. \u201cI also hope they take with them the power of the people and the need to unite to change the world for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.elle.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fashion world is having a moment on-screen this spring, whether it\u2019s in The Devil Wears Prada\u2019s blockbuster sequel or the pop-star thriller Mother Mary, but none seems to be bolder than I Love Boosters, which goes far beyond the fashion design industry and embraces teleportation, demons, and workers\u2019 rights all at once. 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