Costume designer Carlos Rosario on his design approach for the historical period drama, from researching the Sengoku period to constructing traditional Japanese garments.
Costume designers for period pieces are tasked with re-creating specific moments in time, but they are also responsible for visually representing the narrative journeys of a story’s characters. That’s a responsibility that Carlos Rosario, costume designer for FX and Hulu’s Shōgun, didn’t take lightly. “I think you have to be very specific about you’re telling a story,” he tells Harper’s Bazaar. “This is not about making myself happy—it’s about delivering a character to the world.
In terms of the ’80s miniseries, I did watch a little bit, but it was mostly about all these boards with all the looks that every single character was wearing for every episode. But I never really took that as a reference, because the ’80s are the ’80s. It’s a very specific aesthetic, and I knew our show was going to be very different from that. As you see, it’s completely the opposite.
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