Pluribus Costume Designer Jennifer L. Bryan on Dressing a Post-Apocalyptic World with Practicality Over Flash
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Summary
Costume designer Jennifer L. Bryan discusses her approach to dressing characters in the post-apocalyptic series Pluribus, explaining that she deliberately avoided making "altered" people look visually distinct or stereotypically zombie-like. Instead, she focused on practical, stripped-down clothing that removes personality and cultural markers, making the hive-minded characters appear as ordinary modern people at first glance. The article explores her design philosophy for costuming both the end of the world and the Las Vegas party scene within the show.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI remember watching I Am Legend and The Walking Dead and during my outline it just occurred to me, why do these altered people have to look different?
The fact that they have a hive mind, they should, at first glance, look like regular modern people in modern times.
You shouldn't be able to distinguish them from anyone else at first glance.
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