The Who What Wear Podcast: Nobody Wants This Costume Designer Negar Ali Kline on Portraying Authentic L.A. Style and Where to Shop the Characters’ Wardrobes

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4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Negar Ali Kline is the costume designer for Netflix’s hit rom-com series Nobody Wants This, starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. In honor of the show’s highly anticipated season 2 release, Negar sits down with Who What Wear Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer Hillary Kerr to deep dive on the show’s masterful approach to L.A. style. In this episode, Negar shares how she got her start in the ’90s assisting the legendary Ruth Carter and recounts some of the iconic wardrobe pieces she sourced for the first season of the show, including Joanne’s vintage chinchilla fur coat. Plus, she tells us about how she transformed the cast’s styles for season 2 and worked with local designers in Los Angeles to honor the city’s status as a fashion capital.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Who What Wear podcast, your direct line to the designers, stylists, beauty experts, editors, and tastemakers who are shaping the ever-evolving world of fashion.
0:22.5	I'm Who What Wears co-founder and chief content officer, Hillary Kerr, and today on the podcast,
0:28.4	I'm joined by costume designer Nagar Ali Klein. Nagar's most recent work can be seen on the hit
0:35.0	Netflix rom-com, nobody wants this, which just
0:38.7	dropped its second season. The show follows the hilarious love story of Joanne, who is an
0:45.0	agnostic sex podcaster, played by Kristen Bell, and Noah, who is a hot rabbi, played by
0:51.5	Adam Brody. Nagar tells us what drew her to the show and how she selected some of the hero pieces we
0:57.2	saw in both seasons, from Joanne's vintage chinchilla faux-fur coat in the pilot to her
1:03.6	new arrivals dress in the season two finale. Yes, we go all the way to the finale, so
1:09.7	spoiler alert.
1:21.6	Plus, Nagar talks about how she enlisted local designers and boutiques like Reformation and Loho Bride to pay homage to Los Angeles' rich style history.
1:32.6	It's all coming up on Who What Where. So I have to start by saying that I am truly so excited to talk about season two of
1:39.4	Nobody Wants This.
1:40.4	I have seen the entire thing.
1:42.4	It is an absolute dream show. I love your work on it. But before we
1:47.3	get into season two, can we talk a little bit about your background and how you fell in love
1:53.4	with fashion and how did you land in the very interesting and specific world of costume design?
1:59.8	Well, it's so great to hear that you love the show,
2:02.4	and I'm so happy to be here. I fell in love with fashion, well, rather style. It was something that,
2:09.9	I guess I grew up with in the atmosphere. My parents emigrated to the States in the 70s,
2:16.8	and they had, you know, a European sensibility.
2:20.2	They dressed really well. My grandparents dressed really well. I'm an only child. And I remember
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