The wedding gown that Claire Foy wore in Netflix’s The Crown took seven weeks to make.
That is how important costumes have become on TV in 2017, with more than 500 original scripted series competing for eyeballs.
Costumes, says Hala Bahmet, costume designer for This Is Us and The People v.
Loving TV means loving costumes — whether it be the shimmery confections cooked up with a limited budget and a prayer by Dancing with the Stars’ powerhouse seamstresses or the steeped-in-mythology military uniforms worn by Starfleet officers on Star Trek: Discovery.