Heated Rivalry’s costume designer explains ‘queer coded’ costumes

The heated rivalry between Hudson Williams and Connor Story. (Bell Media)

fierce rivalry‘s costume designer shared some of her thoughts behind the decisions she made during the show’s first season.

Since debuting at the end of November, fierce rivalry became a bona fide hit and took the world by storm. Led by celebrated performances from Connor Story and Hudson Williams, the show is an adaptation of Rachel Reid’s work. game changer A series of books about a romantic relationship between two rival ice hockey players.

Unsurprisingly, given the success of the show and the virality of its stars and scenes. fierce rivalry has already been renewed for season 2, with hints of a possible season 3.

sit together hollywood reportercostume designer Hannah Pooley explained her choices for dressing the two leading men as Ilya Rozanov (Story) and Shane Hollander (Williams).

“I wasn’t really into fashion for this show. I tried to keep it really grounded, but still ambitious,” she said overall.

This is especially true for Rozanov, who, as a Russian player with a generally unsupportive family, could take things lightly. However, there are moments in the series where characters choose bright colors and patterns, such as Hawaiian shirts.

“It’s hidden and has some weird coding,” Pury told The Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t think in Slavic culture that’s what they’re trying to do. But to us it reads that way,” she said.

As for Hollander’s wardrobe, Pury said the clothes she made received particular attention online and surprised her. It was a comfortable-looking fleece jacket worn by the Canadian team when it participated in the Sochi Olympics.

“I don’t know if we always get to choose what becomes iconic,” Pury said of the moment the jacket went viral, including being recreated and petitioning the real-life Canadian team to include it as part of its merchandise for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

As for how the character’s style would evolve in season 2, Pury again suggested two approaches to Rozanov and Hollander.

Regarding the former, he suggested that not much has changed, arguing that “how people grow up, how they see themselves and how they dress has a lot to do with their comfort and sense of identity.”

She added that there is a “reinvention of self that can happen at a certain point” and that Rozanov may have found himself in it at the end of season 1…

And with Hollander, Pury mentioned “modest” steps toward a more queer wardrobe. “Maybe he’ll start wearing necklaces,” she thought.

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