Layla costume designer on how film uses looks to explore queer identity
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"The first costume, a Hawaiian print gown worn by Layla at the corporate event, was the 'trickiest' to get right - particularly considering Hasna had never really been in drag before."
"I feel like that girl is so familiar for me in my mind of who Bilal's character Layla was... they're incredibly confident when they need to be, incredibly vulnerable when they need to be..."
"Yates held conversations with Hasna to ensure he was confident in the looks, explaining that the ultimate purpose of showing skin was to portray how 'liberated' Layla feels..."
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