13 Trivia Tidbits About Costumes In Comedy Movies & Shows
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Costumes play a major role in a film or television show since a character's costume can show you who they really are without saying anything. It's undoubtedly amongst the most noticeable parts of a film or television show. While many comedy films, including sitcoms, do not put much attention into their clothes, some do and sometimes do so with unique nuances, making them important.
Costumes let actors morph into fresh and believable characters in the story by communicating the intricacies of a project's objectives to the audience.
Costumes are a fantastic aspect of theater since they assist in telling the tale, let performers get into character, as well as quickly inform the audience about what is going on. Receiving their clothes is a really thrilling day for many young performers.
True, comedy films and sitcoms don't exactly make their outfits the center of attention... and there are still lots of subtleties in those outfits that turn out to be crucial. Consider the following scenario:
Black Panther
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE SNL COSTUME DESIGNER SAID THE BLACK PANTHER SKETCHES WERE A CHALLENGE. The original movie had months to do the costumes, but SNL had a few days to get the costumes for its sketch - so, they scanned the original images, 3D-printed it, and then did things like beading in a few places.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/6/0/816860.jpg)
SUCCESSION
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM ROMAN ROY'S WARDROBE CHANGES IN SUCCESSION PARALLEL HIS ARC. Не starts off not really thinking he could replace his dad, which shows in how he dresses; then, when he realizes he kind of might have a shot, he starts wearing a jacket.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/8/816858.jpg)
GLOW
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE COSTUMES IN GLOW ARE DESIGNED WITH REALISM IN MIND. - ENCYCLOPICA E E Which means that, since the characters would have to make their own wrestling costumes, the costumes used in filming were made only with the fabrics they could get their hands on in the '80s.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/4/816854.jpg)
TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE COSTUMES IN TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE KIND OF GO AGAINST THE GRAIN. For example, the popular girl wears chokers and the jock wears a bomber jacket, not a letterman jacket - that's so everybody can find themselves in the movie, says costume designer Rafaella Rabinovich.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/5/816855.jpg)
INSECURE
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM ISSA'S FASHION CHOICES IN INSECURE KIND OF TELL A STORY ON THEIR OWN. Șhe wears lots of vintage denim, and costume designer Shiona Turini says she wants to imagine Issa thrifting in her spare time to find that perfect lighter-washed, worn-in pair of jeans.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/1/816851.jpg)
THE GOOD PLACE
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THEY NEVER WEAR RED OR PINK IN THE GOOD PLACE IN, UH, THE GOOD PLACE. That's done on purpose, to make the good place look different from the real world - the one exception is a little red in Jameela Jamil's dress in the second season.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/7/816857.jpg)
New Girl
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM NEW GIRL DESIGNER DEBRA MCGUIRE DESIGNED A FAIR AMOUNT OF ZOOEY'S WARDROBE. Everything Zooey Deschanel wears on the show, that hasn't been bought elsewhere, was designed by McGuire.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/8/816848.jpg)
Orange Is the New Black
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM WHEN YOUNG CRAZY EYES WORE PINK FAIRY WINGS IN OITNB, THAT WASN'T MINOR. It wasn't simply a throwaway detail i in that flashback, it was meant to suggest the same sense of childlike wonder that Crazy Eyes has as a grown-up.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/3/816853.jpg)
THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE MAJORITY OF THE CLOTHES IN THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL ARE MADE FROM SCRATCH. TELEP fm FOR 95% of it is made just for the show - apparently, that's so the people making the show can create looks that are period-accurate and also define the character well.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/4/9/816849.jpg)
SCHITT'S CREEK
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM ON SCHITT'S CREEK, DAVID'S WARDROBE IS DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY HIS MOM'S. David's very much his mother's son, so it made sense he would look up to her sartorially in his own way and try to reinterpret what she's been doing, says co-creator Dan Levy, who plays David.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/9/816859.jpg)
Clueless
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM CLUELESS'WARDROBE WAS CREATED TO KIND OF GIVE THE ILLUSION OF A FANTASY WORLD. The costume designer went to check out what kids wore in actual high schools at the time, and it was dreadful, she says - so she designed the characters' looks from scratch, because she wanted that feel of a fantasy that you would like to live in.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/6/816856.jpg)
GROWN-ISH
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM ON GROWN-ISH, VIVEK'S WARDROBE WAS SHAPED BY THE BUDGET. He's supposed to be wearing stuff from the likes of Gucci or Givenchy, but the show didn't really have the money for that, so they went for brands like Burberry.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/0/816850.jpg)
FRIENDS
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM PHOEBE'S OUTFITS ON FRIENDS AREN'T REALLY READY-MADE. ptp de Whenever the costume designer got a ready-made piece of clothing for Phoebe, she first adjusted it - she'd add something, cut the arms off, or make another change. This was because she wanted things just to be so unique, she says.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/5/2/816852.jpg)