![]() ![]() ![]() Even though they are in a man's world, they are the minority and can still be feminine and strong." I love that women in the political world don't dress like men. That relates to Claire because age-appropriate-wise, it needs to be tasteful but sexy. She's from a Muslim country so she's more covered up, but she does it in the boldest way. She's very classic but she dresses in warmer colors and I love her structures. Queen Rania of Jordan has amazing, exquisite taste. "I like to look at women in the political scene. Is there anyone in real-life politics that you look to for fashion inspiration? I really like the Row and I am loving Saint Laurent right now." How would you describe your style? What designers do you love? We did some changes as homage to Dior like peplum jacket like the flare-waist jackets Dior used to do." I raised her sleeves, flared out her skirts, added peplum jackets. This season, we kept the structure silhouettes that Claire Underwood wears but added a little flare. "When I came on board, the costumes were set already. What's different, costume-wise, under your direction? I wanted to honor the look of the show and grow with the characters so I try to keep the aesthetic while I add my own touch." His look is very specific: he likes dark against light, with cool, blue, steely tones. David has a stylistic sort of portrait that he paints with the show. He set the look for the show, though a huge part of it came from David Fincher. "Oh yes! Tom is a legend and super genius at what he does. I worked with him on films 21 and Shrink.ĭo you feel like you have big shoes to fill, taking over for Tom Broecker? I primarily have done movies, a lot with Kevin Spacey. " House of Cards is the first TV show I've done. Have you worked on any other television shows? He's really into that, helping young talent if he can." I'm really lucky he trusted me and believed in me and wanted to help. I told him I wanted to work on moves and that's how I got in. Before that, I was styling him and doing his personal shopping and he asked me what I wanted to do. "I had a fashion and design life first and then my first costume job was actually being the costumer for Kevin Spacey for the movie Edison. I sort of fell into styling because Stefani asked me for help." After two years, I moved to Scoop NYC working with Stefani Greenfield on the buying side and ended up dressing a lot of socialites and stylists. I hated it! My dad said I should do something with clothing so I got a job at Liz Claiborne, an assistant job in the handbag department, and began working in product development. I went to Rutgers, got a degree in psychology, and took a job right out of college on Wall Street, working for AIG. That's how I learned to sew-my dad would bring home scraps-so I learned a lot about fine women's clothing from textiles. My dad was in the garment business so I've been around clothes all my life. How did you first get into costume design? After the jump, Argan discusses just how she made the move to TV and film from positions at Liz Claiborne and Scoop NYC, what it's like to personally style Kevin Spacey and the "very risqué and super chic" new character to watch out for in season two. Argan joined House of Cards after season one's costume designer Tom Broecker left the show. Last week, Racked spoke with costume designer Johanna Argan ahead of the show's second season, which will be released in full this Friday, February 14. drama-which was nominated for the first Primetime Emmy Award for an online-only web show-is perfect. From the impeccable shift dresses worn by Robin Wright's character, Claire Underwood, to the dapper tailoring on her husband Frank (played by Kevin Spacey), every detail of the the Netflix-created D.C. The wardrobe of the hit show House of Cards is so flawless, it's enough to make any working professional envious. ![]() You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here. The archives will remain available here for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years.
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