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11 Sep

How Showtime’s ‘American Gigolo’ Pays Homage to Armani With

When tasked with creating the costumes for Showtime’s latest thriller series, “American Gigolo,” costume designer Stephani Lewis began her research process by taking a look at the unique 1980 movie to create a wardrobe that in equal parts referenced the classic film, while also bringing the character of Julian Kaye to the current day.  “I just began collaborating with [series stars] Jon [Bernthal] and Gretchen [Mol] and the remaining of the solid to create latest and authentic characters for the series that…still had a bit little bit of a nod or an homage to a few of the designs of the unique film,” she said. “We didn’t necessarily attempt to copy anything from that [film], but there are sometimes once we...
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