Clothes Create Character

Clothes Create Character: When Costume, Movement and Art Come Together

FOX Costumes features a contemporary collection of versatile, character-driven wardrobe pieces ready to pull, style, alter and make entirely your own. Located just blocks from Westfield Century City, the FOX Costume Department and Tailor Shop is an easy stop for costume designers and costumers already shopping on the Westside. Explore a curated selection of garments and accessories across genres, including sci-fi, Edwardian, vintage, fantasy, walkabouts and contemporary fashion—all designed to inspire original character creation.

When we began developing our “Clothes Create Character” campaign, we set out to showcase the versatility of the FOX costume department contemporary collection. What emerged was something far more unexpected: a visual collaboration inspired by fine art, movement and the creative instincts of everyone involved.

The campaign brought together FOX costumer Damaris “Dee” Urrutia; on-set costumers James Leal and Bonnie Higginbotham; actors and models Kristina Korsholm and David Sakurai; makeup artist Cale Thomas; hairstylist Katie Licina; and marketing and creative direction by Dawn Rosenquist.

For weeks, the team explored the collection, identifying garments and accessories that could work together across a range of visual concepts. For this part of the contemporary campaign, the clothing focused on a cohesive black-and-white look defined by movement, shape and graphic detail.

Creating Kristina Korsholm’s Look

Kristina Korsholm is an actress, international model and European style icon. She starred as “Sugar Sweet” in the European prime-time detective series The Team, opposite Lars Mikkelsen, and appeared in First Born alongside Tom Berenger and Val Kilmer. Her work has been featured in publications including Vogue Italia, Bazaar and Costume, and she has appeared in international campaigns for Uniqlo, Hasselblad, GOSH! Beauty and European Culture Jeans. Bazaar named her “The Danish It-Girl,” while Cosmopolitan recognized her as “Globetrotter of the Year” in its Fearless Female Awards.

With her ability to bring clothes and characters to life, Kristina gave the garments a distinct point of view, creating a character through movement, attitude and expression.

Kristina’s look began with a skirt selected by Dee. Inspired by its circular shapes and movement, Dee built the rest of the wardrobe around a graphic, geometric language.

She paired the skirt with a structured black-and-white hat featuring spiral details, a clean blouse and a tie that introduced an androgynous, menswear-inspired quality. Spiral earrings reinforced the visual connection between the accessories and the movement of the skirt. A streamlined purse featured a subtle white wave, while the shoes added a small but intentional pop of purple.

“It became a modern take on a men’s dress outfit,” Dee explains. “I was really inspired by the circles and shapes. The movement in the skirt contributed so much to the look, and the accessories helped bring the entire idea together.”

Damaris “Dee” Urrutia is an IATSE Local 705 costumer who has worked in the FOX Costume Department for five years. For her, the creative process begins with seeing the possibilities within each garment.

“I started with the skirt and let its shape guide the rest of the look,” she says. “I wanted to keep it clean with a structured blouse, but also play with an androgynous feeling through the tie. The collection gives you so many choices in shape, color, material and era. It was easy to find pieces that worked together.”

As Kristina moved, the skirt and accessories became part of the performance. The motion of the fabric, the circular shapes and the graphic black-and-white palette created a visual rhythm that made the wardrobe feel alive.

Completing the Look

James Leal, an IATSE Local 705 finished costumer since 2010, finalized the look by adding a series of rings, which Kristina showcased through dynamic poses.

“The outfit already dictated circular shapes and a limited color story, therefore, it was necessary to compliment what we had with a similar design aesthetic to enhance the overall look.” Leal added that “the ring selection at Fox gave us plenty of options to choose from.   Ultimately, the selected rings were large enough to make a statement and to add a bit more luxury to the playful vibe that was being created.“

Makeup artist Cale Thomas and hairstylist Katie Licina helped shape the final character, creating a contemporary beauty look that complemented the wardrobe without competing with it. Their work supported the graphic quality of the clothing while allowing Kristina’s movement and expression to remain at the center of the images.

Cale developed the look through a collaborative process with FOX’s Wardrobe Department and the on-set stylists. The final looks were inspired by Thomas’s admiration for the black-and-white makeup artistry of Serge Lutens, the French makeup artist who served as Shiseido’s global creative director in the 1980s.

“Working with the FOX Studio Lot team was a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to our next project together,” said Thomas, who also serves as a key member of the Political/Legislative Subcommittee representing IATSE Local 706.

Solving Problems in the Moment

On-set costumer Bonnie Higginbotham, an IATSE Local 705 costumer since 2019, helped refine the look as the shoot evolved. The shirt had not been tailored specifically for Kristina’s body type, but the team loved the garment and wanted to preserve its shape and character.

The solution came through styling and improvisation. Bonnie used jewelry to introduce a touch of sparkle and found a brooch that could be used to pin the shirt in the back, creating a more flattering silhouette while maintaining the intentional structure of the look.

“This look was super fun because we had to find solutions on the fly,” Bonnie says. “I enjoy those moments when you have to think quickly and create something from what is available. I thrive in chaotic environments where you have to solve a problem in the moment.”

For Bonnie, that is part of what makes working at the FOX Studio Lot so creatively rewarding.

“You can pull pieces from across the lot that elevate something as simple as a white button-up shirt,” she says. “The accessories collection gives you so many options. When you are creating an intentional look, there are different shapes, colors, materials and eras to work with. You can find the one detail that completely changes the character.”

Movement as Inspiration: David Sakurai Channels Fine Art in Flight

David Sakurai is a Danish-Japanese actor, writer, director, screenwriter, producer and martial artist. Best known for playing the Dragon in Ghost of Yotei, he began his acting career in Japan before expanding into European and American productions.

When David began moving in front of the camera, another unexpected artistic connection emerged. With his strong sense of movement and ability to express himself through dynamic, choreographed action, he immediately began jumping and creating movement with the clothing.

James Leal selected the tie David wore, adding another graphic element to the look and creating additional movement within the composition.“The tie added another layer to David’s look. As he moved, the entire ensemble became part of the composition and helped define the character through shape, movement and contrast.”

Watching David’s interpretation of the character brought to mind Robert Longo’s Men in the Cities, the influential fine art series from the 1980s. Longo’s figures appear suspended in dramatic, expressive gestures, their clothing responding to the force and energy of the body.

The images also recalled Philippe Halsman’s celebrated Jump series, in which artists, actors, politicians and other public figures were photographed in midair. Halsman’s photographs captured something revealing about his subjects: the moment when movement disrupted the formality of a posed portrait.

David’s jumps created a similar sense of release. The jacket opened and shifted with every movement, transforming a contemporary wardrobe piece into part of the composition. The clothing was no longer simply being worn—it was responding, performing and helping shape the image.

That was the essence of the campaign. The final photographs were not created from one predetermined idea. They developed through collaboration: a costumer seeing the potential in a garment, a costumer solving a problem with a brooch, a makeup artist and hairstylist defining the character, actors and models bringing personal history and physicality to the frame, and a creative team recognizing unexpected connections as they appeared.

Clothes Create Character

The “Clothes Create Character” campaign demonstrates what can happen when a curated wardrobe collection becomes the starting point for creative exploration.

At FOX Costumes, costume designers and costumers can pull from a distinctive collection of contemporary clothing and accessories, then work with the FOX Tailor Shop to alter, refine or fabricate pieces for a specific character or production. The result can be subtle or transformative—a different silhouette, a carefully chosen accessory, a tailored detail or an entirely new interpretation of an existing garment.

For this campaign, a skirt became a study in circles and movement. A white shirt became a lesson in styling and proportion. A series of rings completed the look. A jacket became a reference to fine art. Together, the pieces became characters in motion.

And that is where clothes create character: in the collaboration between the garment, the person wearing it and the creative team bringing the vision to life.

Visit FOX Costumes, located just blocks from Westfield Century City, and discover a versatile, character-driven collection ready to pull, style, alter and make entirely your own.

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