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Horrifying Looks: Costume Designer Kate Hawley on Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”
Mia Goth in Frankenstein, Photo by Ken Woroner, courtesy of Netflix Guillermo del Toro’s films are instantly recognizable for their fantastical Gothic imagery, and the director’s adaptation of Frankenstein is one of his most decadent stylized works yet. The film—which stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as the Creature and Mia Goth as Lady Elizabeth Harlander and Baroness Claire Frankenstein—boasts stunning costumes befitting its epic scale. Frankenstein’s costume designer, Kate Hawley, is no stranger to the writer-director’s distinctive visions, having previously worked with him on Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak. She likens this film, with its two-and-a-half runtime and intricate worldbuilding, to “a massive opera.” Earlier in her career, […]
