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"Fellow fans of HBO&amp;#x27;s GIRLS may be bummed that the groundbreaking first season is over, but we&amp;#x27;ve got a bit more fix to get you through the summer. We caught up with costume designer Jenn Rogien, who&amp;#x27;s responsible for Shoshanna&amp;#x27;s Juicy sweatsuits and Jessa&amp;#x27;s feathered armor, to talk wardrobe...Rogien is behind some of our favorite looks to ever grace the small screen--Lipstick Jungle and The Good Wife are both on her resume--and her work on GIRLS is creating a whole new genre of hyper-realistic, kinda-gritty on-screen style. And we got her to dish all about the wardrobe on one of our favorite shows! STF: How important is the wardrobe to capturing the very intangible feeling of what GIRLS is about? JR: Wardrobe is a very important part of telling the GIRLS story and conveying the characters&amp;amp;#8217; identities. The wardrobe is one of the first things the audience experiences about a character, so I select looks very specifically to help tell that story concisely. One of the best things about the show is that there are some fantastic costume jokes - Hannah goes Goth, Marnie dressed like a debutante at the Bushwick loft party, Shoshanna&amp;amp;#8217;s Snuggie, Jessa&amp;amp;#8217;s sheer babysitting dress - that make the wardrobe a highlight of the show. STF: Do you and Lena Dunham work closely together? Are there things she absolutely insists on using, or things she refuses to use? JR: I love working with Lena - we collaborate for every episode, especially on all of Hannah&amp;amp;#8217;s looks. She created the GIRLS so she knows their idiosyncrasies more intimately then I ever could, and that helps guide the wardrobe. I also work closely with each guest director to finesse the look of his or her episode. There are some looks that come straight from the script - Hannah wearing Adam&amp;amp;#8217;s union suit pajamas, for example - and some looks that I create that end up written into the script. It&amp;amp;#8217;s an amazing dialogue. STF: Where do you think the characters on GIRLS shop? Where do you actually shop for these items for them? JR: Hannah spends a lot of time in vintage and thrift stores with the occasional splurge from Anthropologie or Madewell. I let that guide my shopping for her and find loads of Hannah signature pieces in the Williamsburg thrift stores. I fill in at Macys, H&amp;amp;M and DSW to create a whole closet for her. In my GIRLS dream world, Marnie shops at Lord &amp;amp; Taylor, Bloomingdales and J.Crew. In the real world I do shop for her at Bloomingdales and J.Crew, but we also find her great designer brands at Century 21, Loehmann&amp;amp;#8217;s and Nordstrom Rack to stay true to her working girl with a budget reality. Shoshanna is a department store girl. But being a college student she also knows her way around an H&amp;amp;M! I shop for her at Saks, Bloomingdales, Lord &amp;amp; Taylor, Macys, Zara, and Old Navy for adorable pjs. In my dream world, again, Jessa doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t really shop, she collects things in her travels - from flea markets, street fairs, foreign vintage stores, the whole world. In reality I shop her all over NYC: Geminola, NY Vintage and Amarcord are some of my go-to vintage resources and then I mix in a piece from Pearl River, a piece from Zara, a couture designer piece from Century 21, jewelry from the Brooklyn Flea or 21 Tara in Brooklyn and it all comes together. STF: Let&amp;#x27;s talk about Jessa--where does the inspiration for her character come from? Is she based on anyone you&amp;#x27;ve known? And how the hell does she manage to make a kimono look normal in broad daylight? JR: The inspiration for Jessa comes straight from the script and from the way Jemima so deftly handles such a strong and singular character. Jessa is also a little bit inspired by all the amazing NY girls I see everyday on the streets who take a fashion risk and pull it off. Jessa is just one of those GIRLS who can. STF: Hannah wears some pretty unflattering things...is that intentional? How different is Lena&amp;#x27;s real-life wardrobe from Hannah&amp;#x27;s? JR: Hannah sure does wear some pretty unflattering things and it is entirely intentional! The ill-fit, the strange proportions, the unflattering colors, the kitschy jewelry, the lack of ironing are all very very considered decisions. Each choice is an effort to visually convey the charmingly disheveled sometimes misguided GIRL that Hannah is. Jenn Rogien, costume designer for HBO&amp;#x27;s GIRLS STF: How do you feel about Sex and the City comparisons? Do you think the wardrobe is as integral to this show as that was? JR: I take any SATC comparison as a huge compliment. The ladies of SATC blazed a trail that makes shows like GIRLS possible. The costumes on SATC raised the bar for every show on TV, both in terms of the level of clothing characters can wear and in the way the show related to the fashion world. STF: Did you spend time in hipster Brooklyn, soaking up the culture, while researching this show? any universal fashion Dont&amp;#x27;s a lot of the girls there wear? JR: I&amp;amp;#8217;ve lived in Brooklyn for the past few years and we shoot on location in Brooklyn frequently so I&amp;amp;#8217;m always people watching and soaking up inspiration. One of my favorite moments to observe is the morning commute - we&amp;amp;#8217;ve often been shooting for hours when the city wakes up and goes to work. As for universal fashion Don&amp;amp;#8217;t&amp;amp;#8217;s? Don&amp;amp;#8217;t let any one piece have too much power. Pretty interesting, huh? Which GIRLS character has your favorite wardrobe? Discuss! PLUS - Jemima Kirk (AKA Jessa on GIRLS) is pregnant! AND... - What did you dolls think of the season finale? Photos: courtesy of HBO"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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