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How Lady Gaga Imagined Harley Quinn as a Theater Kid for ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’: She ‘Created This Backstory’ About Lee Being ‘Really Into Musical Theater’
'Joker: Folie a Deux' costume designer Arianne Phillips talks how Lady Gaga's backstory idea for Harley Quinn helped craft character's wardrobe.
As costume designer Arianne Phillips was conceiving ideas for “ Joker: Folie à Deux,” one character she got to spend considerable time on was Lady Gaga’s Lee Quinzel. Here, Phillips discusses crafting Lee’s costume arc and how the diamond pattern and Harley’s red, black and white palettes were woven into her creations. It was a contrast to this sycophant, obsessed fan character and emotionally stunted woman; twisting the over-feminized silhouette, and cutting it with the hair and makeup that gave her this unstable edge.
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