Working: Designing Costumes for Steve Martin and Others in Only Murders in the Building

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🗓️ 3 October 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Dana Covarrubias, costume designer for the popular Hulu series Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. In the interview, Dana explains how her early work as an actor influences her decision-making as a costume designer. She also breaks down some of the creative thinking that went into the wardrobes for each of the main characters in Only Murders in the Building. After the interview, Isaac and co-host June Thomas discuss Dana’s technique of establishing backstories for every character, even the minor ones. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Dana talks about designing the wardrobes for some of the supporting characters. Then she talks about how to deal with the costume design equivalent of writer’s block. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to [email protected] or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Big Mood, Little Mood—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Literally day one, I walked into that costume department, and it just, my brain exploded.
0:41.4	I was just like, I can't believe that this exists, and this is real, and that this could
0:46.6	be a career.
0:47.6	Oh, I just get to like, sit down with a glue gun and like, glue gun, like faux fur onto
0:53.3	a giant bear costume, like a means like what?
1:00.6	Welcome back to Working, I'm your host, June Thomas.
1:03.9	And I'm your other host, Isaac Butler.
1:06.4	And whose voice did we hear at the top of the show?
1:08.9	June, we heard the delightful voice of Dana Kovarubius, who designs costumes for TV and
1:14.3	film.
1:15.3	What kinds of shows has she worked on, and why did you want to talk with her right now?
1:19.3	Dana mostly works in TV, and she mostly works in stuff that's set in the present day.
1:24.0	So she did the costumes for a season of Inside Amy Schumer, she did Master of None, she did
1:29.8	a season of Quantico, and now, though, she is doing the hit Hulu TV show Only Murders
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