<p>While our story centers around the boxing world in Los Angeles, Sugar Season 2 resonates with diversity, capturing different neighborhoods and subcultures that make LA so unique,” explains costume designer Christie Wittenborn. Scenes range from gritty pool halls, Koreatown’s nightlife, and Downtown’s homeless encampments to Beverly Hills luxury hotels, hospitals, and breathtaking Malibu Beach.</p>

<p>Despite the fact that there may never actually have been a Homer, the Homeric epics are among the world’s oldest stories in what we now might call a shared universe. Scholarly consensus is divided, but the text we have for The Odyssey was likely an oral tradition—a lyric poem, told and retold, elaborated, updated, and attributed to an author who is himself as legendary as his stories. From James Joyce to the Coen brothers, artists and creators have heard the sirens’ call, taken up Penelope’s tapestry, and made them their own.</p>

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<p>With the tenacity of a historian and the heart of a consummate fan, costume designer Marci Rodgers dug deep, amassing 800 pages of research, to embrace the soul of costumes for Michael. “I pride myself in thorough research,” she notes, “and constantly refer back to it as I design.” Undertaking the musical biopic of global icon Michael Jackson, dubbed the King of Pop and regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of all time, was a huge responsibility. Rodgers approached it with profound reverence for his legacy, his family, and his fans.</p>

<p>The San Vicente Bungalows in Los Angeles were buzzing with legendary artisans on Wednesday as The Hollywood Reporter and Bvlgari celebrated this year’s Academy Award-nominated costume designers: Ruth E. Carter (Sinners), Malgosia Turzanska (Hamnet), Kate Hawley (Frankenstein), Deborah L. Scott (Avatar: Fire and Ash) and Miyako Bellizzi (Marty Supreme).</p>

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