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The Who What Wear Podcast: Inside Anora’s Hyperrealistic Sex Worker Costumes With Costume Designer Jocelyn Pierce

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Jocelyn Pierce is the costume designer of Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or–winning film, Anora. The film follows an atypical Cinderella story of a sex worker from Brooklyn and the son of a Russian oligarch. As part of her research, Pierce spent time in Brighton Beach, New York, where the film is set, to get a sense of the world she was re-creating. She even invited the exotic dancers who participated in the film to use their own clothes as costumes. Anora was widely released on October 18 and is already garnering awards buzz. Pierce joins us this week to talk about her feelings-driven philosophy on costume design, why she’s an indie girl at heart, and Anora’s costume references to the American dream.

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editors, and tastemakers who are shaping the ever-evolving world of fashion. I'm Who-Wat-Ware,

1:35.9

editor-in-chief Cat Collings, and today I'm speaking with Jocelyn Pierce, the costume designer of the

1:42.2

24 Palm D'Or winning film Anora.

1:45.0

Anora tells the story of an exotic dancer from Brooklyn,

1:49.0

who falls in love with and marries the son of a Russian oligarch,

1:53.0

and Jocelyn is already getting praised for her authentic, evocative, and lived-in costume design.

1:59.0

To prepare for the movie, Jocelyn spent a lot of time

2:02.9

in Brighton Beach, where the film is set, to get a sense of the world she was creating. She even

2:08.2

invited some of the real-life dancers who appeared in the film to bring in their own clothing to use.

2:13.7

Jocelyn is here today to talk about how she worked with director Sean Baker and a host of other influences,

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