Who are you?
I'm the Sun Summoner.
You've grown stronger.
Wendy is such a masterful costume designer.
She's a fan and brings
that level of detail
and expertise
to the show.
Across the board,
everything is incredible.
Her work in Season 1 of Shadow and Bone
was magnificent.
And as we expanded the world in Season 2,
we knew that we wanted her
to bring her same artistry
and superpowers.
You look magnificent.
This season has an incredible
cacophony of new looks
and feelings and people.
It allowed us to expand
the cultural language of our franchise.
We go to new locations
and those are all integral to the narrative.
For Noyvi Zem,
there's a lot of inspiration from West Africa.
There is incredible amount of color.
Hand printed fabrics.
And then we did an enormous
amount of beadwork
just adding as many textures as we can.
It feels so real
and everything’s so rich,
and it looks beautiful on camera.
And then for Shu Han, that covers
the whole Sinosphere of the Asian countries.
Got a lot of beautiful
Chinese brocades,
antique pieces
with incredible hand embroidery,
some beautiful jade,
hand sculpted tassels that we added.
You're looking for something specific.
We made about 2,500
new costumes for Season 2.
Every single one of those
background costumes
is designed and made individually.
I wouldn't be here
if it weren't for my friends.
It's not possible without
a lot of very talented people.
Just a spectacular team
to give it all those little unique elements.
Wendy Partridge
does nothing lightly.
She approaches every project
with so much passion
and with so much of a sense of detail.
Each piece is unique
or special that tell about the character,
the backstory, where they're going.
Like our pirateers.
This was the most sort of eclectic and fun
to bring in, sort of some modern elements
and some eclectic colors and textures.
Because they are navigating the seas,
I brought in Celtic designs,
which is completely based on the compass.
My lucky compass.
Seen me through thick and thin.
And then some of our Volkvolny,
we actually printed the map
of our known world
on the patchwork costumes.
And then Alina
when she's hunting for the Sea Whip,
she takes on a beautiful Volkvolny outfit
that she’s really kick-ass in.
Certain characters wear similar colors to each other.
You know, there's subtle little nods
to other characters.
We still acknowledge it, even subconsciously.
For Alina and Mal,
their costumes are actually
a symbiotic color combination.
This beautiful teal and rust,
because they're going on this journey together.
Top of this season,
we said the Kefta represents
something different now.
So, she's altered them
in very subtle and sinister ways.
Like calls to like.
The colors have become
richer and darker,
to reflect the landscape of where the characters are
and what they're wrestling with.
Kirigan’s costume,
there's a power to his Kefta,
which has become leather now,
which is sort of this hardier material.
There's some gold stitched in
which is representative of the Sun Summoner
that has kind of leaked into him.
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For our Crows,
we have Jesper, who takes on a kilt
encompassing his father's heritage.
He wears it
with such flair, it’s fantastic.
More scores to settle.
And Inej has this beautiful designed
fabric, smoky with her classic teal.
So when she's in the shadows,
she's in the shadows, but not in the shadows.
It's really made uniquely for her.
It's just amazing walking onto set
and seeing everyone
dressed the way they are,
because it feels so real and everything's
so rich, and it looks beautiful on camera.
If every franchise has core players
that they could not exist without
Wendy Partridge in costume design
is one of those stars.
Everybody involved with the show
has put a lot of love and passion into it
and I think that people feel that.
I'll have my seamstress
run you up something appropriate.