A Closer Look at the ‘Frankenstein’ Movie Costumes Designed by Kate Hawley

For costume designer Kate Hawley, working with director Guillermo del Toro on “Frankenstein” wasn’t just an invitation to have a seat at his creative table. “He always talks about the department heads as being legs of his table. We are all one with the other,” says Hawely, who previously worked with the director on “Crimson Peak.” “When he asks you to do something, you know that it’s going to be rich and that it’s gonna be a rewarding collaboration,” she adds. The sartorial world of “Frankenstein” is an extension of the film’s saturated, Gothic atmosphere. “There’s all these themes of religion and mythologies with Medusas,” says Hawley, adding that Del Toro “didn’t just want a sea of black Victorian, Dickensian top hats.” The costume designer was tasked with dressing well-known characters like experimental scientist Victor Frankenstein, his Creature-creation, and love interest Elizabeth. “There’s a huge amount of world building within each character,” says Hawley. Sometimes, her entrance into the characters was through a specific moment: When the audience is introduced to Christoph Waltz’s Henrich Harlander, Elizabeth’s uncle who funds Victor’s experiments, it’s through his footwear. “But for the Creature, it was the moment of his creation on the cross,” she says. Jacob Elordi as the

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