Before you binge 'Stranger Things 3' next week, don't miss our (spoiler-free!) costume preview:
The return of "Stranger Things 3" is imminent, which means mayhem will again descend upon Hawkins — or maybe it never left. This time around, the core teens will face an even more life-altering event in the small Indiana town as school lets out in 1985, because as Mike says in the official trailer: "We're not kids anymore."
"Everybody gets a big necklace or a big earring because the accessories were so big," Parris says, over the phone, about dressing the hundreds of extras. "The minute you put a white earring on somebody, they're in the '80s." "The mall rats of the '80s were wearing these criss-cross belts and accessories were a huge thing. She just gets excited to pile it all on and it's colors and prints that she's not worn before," says Parris about the vibrant looks that catch Eleven's eye at Starcourt. The costume designer used a mix of vintage and rented pieces, but custom-built most of Eleven's shirts because of the need for multiples — you know, thanks to nosebleeds, monster goo and all.
"We made Mike feel a little more mature," says Parris. "He's got more solid polo shirts — he still has some stripes and patterns — but his outfits are not as juvenile or as young-looking as Will's." She intentionally dressed the latter in more child-like, wider stripes, plus ill-fitting shirts to show that he's growing out of some pieces that mom Joyce doesn't have the budget to replace or hand-me-downs from older brother Jonathan.
Most of Dustin's Ts are designed by graphic artists based off original prints, but tweaked for copyright reasons. Per the Duffers' vision, his "Camp Know Where" uniform is also custom-designed with fonts and graphics by the art department and his matching yellow, green and orange trucker hat harks back to the signature red, white and blue cap from earlier seasons.
Steve's cool, sardonic colleague Robin wears a coordinated take on Steve's uniform with a puff-shoulder striped top and chic pleat-front shorts with gold-buttons up the sides. "I feel like we bridged that gap of embarrassing, but also really cute," adds Parris.
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