'Hustlers' designer Mitchell Travers gives a tour through the Washington Heights-set film's vibrant colors celebrating Latinx heritage, locally shopped pieces and knockoff Gucci.
") capture the vibrant colors, dynamic spirit and expressive style of the uptown blocks. "In the way that you believe that people can dance up the side of the building, I hope that the clothes have a surreal quality to them, as well," he says. The striking looks feel inventively fashion-forward, but also not dated to a particular year or season — which also works out well for the delayed release.
"She needs to feel like someone who is from here, but is not fitting in," says Travers. "Nina is the type of girl who gets dressed three or four times before she goes out, like she's overthinking it. She's so concerned about what other people are gonna say about it that you feel that tension in the way that she gets dressed."
"Her evolution gets to a place where she becomes a little bit more free, a little bit more expressive," he says. Photo: Macall Polay/Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picturesand downtown to pursue her fashion design aspirations — not recognizing that she can realize all her dreams in the Heights.
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