The person behind a bevy of memorable Disney Channel outfits, Cathryn Wagner, doesn't get the Y2K resurgence either
Wagner says a great example of her resourcefulness on the series is the wardrobe of Kate, the sitcom’s preppy cheerleader antagonist played by Ashlie Brillault. The problem? How to make a character look rich on a shoestring budget. “Kate had these nice pleated cheerleading hem skirts, and we’d hem them shorter,” Wagner says. “And then I’d take the material we cut off and make it into a headband. There was a lot of stuff like that. We really had very little money on that show.
Wagner, 63, chalks up her contribution to the channel’s aesthetic in one word: color. And lots of it. “When I was first working on the Disney Channel, someone told me, ‘You have to understand that live-action shows are basically competing with cartoons for kids’ attention,” she says. Thus, colors like turquoise, hot pink, and emerald green became reliable, crowd-pleasing go-tos for Wagner’s shopping hauls. “The producers always liked it when I tried that stuff out.
Working on the children’s shows also forced Wagner to come with creative solutions to service their wackier story lines. She recalls one episode where London Tipton turns into a vending machine—a plot point Wagner confesses she’s still a little confused by. “The writer had seen something on the internet about this Japanese…I don’t know,” she sighs.
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