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How The Penguin Styled Sofia Falcone’s Gigante Transformation

Feeding into Cristin Milioti’s volatile performance, her costumes chart a journey from obedient heiress to homicidal mob boss.

While Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell) offers a street-level twist on the Penguin’s customary formalwear, the show’s secondary lead, Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), veers closer to the theatrical end of Gotham’s Rogues Gallery. No longer trying to blend in with Gotham’s elite, Sofia swaps vintage femininity (Courrèges, Lanvin, Celine) for the godmother of punk (Vivienne Westwood), adopting a nightlife wardrobe of dark fabrics, metallic highlights, and animalistic details. Visiting her sole surviving cousin in an orphanage, she resembles a vampiric Lady Gaga: black minidress and platform heels, paired with a dark coat, a teal fur boa, heavy jewels, and smokey eyes.

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