Kurland: COSTUMES ARE COSTUMES.
THEY ARE NOT CLOTHES.
THEY ARE NOT FASHION.
THEY ARE COSTUMES.
THEY ARE A PART OF A STORY,
AND THEY INFORM US AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON,
AS TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE THEATER.
WELL, THE INSPIRATION CAME FOR THE MOVIE
FROM THE ORIGINAL RAT PACK --
FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN, PETER LAWFORD.
THAT GROUP WAS THE ORIGINAL RAT PACK.
LOOKING BACK INTO THE '60s
TO WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT,
YOU KNOW, PIECE OF RESEARCH 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO EMULATE THEM
WITHOUT COPYING THEM, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, REPEATING THAT.
SO MY TASK WAS TO TAKE THAT LOOK,
THAT FEELING THAT WAS THE RAT PACK OF THE '60s
AND MOVE IT UP.
SO THAT'S WHAT I SET OUT TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT STEVEN WANTED TO SHOW.
HE WANTED IT HEIGHTENED, YOU KNOW.
HE WANTED THEM, AS HE SAID, TO SPARKLE.
AND THERE WAS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
IN THAT THAT I THOUGHT I HAD TO ACHIEVE.
THE CHARACTER OF DANNY OCEAN, PLAYED BY GEORGE CLOONEY,
IS THE LEADER OF THE PACK.
AND THE WAY THIS CHARACTER IS DRESSED,
I WANTED TO SHOW THAT THIS IS THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID,
WHERE EVERYTHING TRICKLES DOWN FROM.
SO THE STYLE THAT IS DANNY OCEAN IS A VERY IMPORTANT STYLE
BECAUSE IT IS THE CATALYST FOR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE LOOKS LIKE
AND TO THE DEGREE I CAN DRESS THEM.
YOU'VE GOT FIVE REALLY DIFFERENT MEN WHO COME TOGETHER
TO DO ONE THING, AND THEY'RE ALL VERY INDIVIDUAL.
AND YOU SEE THEM VERY INDIVIDUALLY IN THEIR CLOTHES,
BUT WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER, THEY FORM THIS GROUP.
THEY START ONE PLACE AND THEY TRAVEL.
THERE'S AN ARC TO EACH CHARACTER,
AND THE CLOTHING HAS AN ARC.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE WHOLE MOVIE, YOU SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
AND WHERE YOU SEE WHERE THAT PALETTE IS TAKING THEM.
AND EACH INDIVIDUAL PALETTE
AND HOW IT MELDS TOGETHER AT THE END TO BECOME VERY MUCH ONE.
EVERYTHING IN THE FILM WAS DESIGNED FOR EACH CHARACTER,
MADE FOR EACH CHARACTER.
EVERY SUIT, EVERY SHIRT, ALMOST EVERY TIE --
THE PALETTE WAS THEIR OWN,
BUT IT ALSO HAD TO MELD TOGETHER SO THAT IT MADE SENSE.
THEY LOOKED LIKE A GROUP THAT WAS TOGETHER.
THE COSTUMES REFLECT SO MANY THINGS,
AND YOU LEARN SO MANY THINGS FROM THEM.
AT THE END OF THE MOVIE,
GEORGE WALKS OUT OF PRISON IN THE SHOT.
BRAD SAYS TO HIM, LOOKING AT HIM IN THE TUXEDO,
"I HOPE YOU WERE THE GROOM."
AND GEORGE IMMEDIATELY -- NOT A BEAT --
SHOT BACK, "TED NUGENT JUST CALLED.
HE WANTS HIS SHIRT BACK."
AND THAT GREW OUT OF THESE TWO GUYS
HAVING WORKED TOGETHER SO MUCH.
THERE WAS BANTER BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
IT WAS, LIKE, MADE UP.
AND IT WAS LEFT IN THE FILM.
AND THE CATALYST WAS THE CLOTHES.
THE STORY THAT THEY TELL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORDS
AND WITH THE EMOTION OF THE ACTOR
AND WHAT THE DIRECTOR'S TELLING, IT'S --
WE ARE STORYTELLERS IN OUR OWN RIGHT.