Breaking down the fierce, funky fashion of Birds of Prey
Styles of anarchy
“I really, really, really might have had the most fun I’ve ever had in costume design making this movie,” says Erin Benach, who created the wild wardrobe for Birds of Prey, the DCEU's R-rated new chapter. Keeping in mind what women would actually want to wear — and not just what men would want to see them in — Benach describes her challenge as: “In my dreamiest of dreams, what would I want me and a gang of girlfriends to wear to kick butt?”
“We pulled a lot of inspiration not just from the comic books, but also street style, fashion shows, fashion editorials,” director Cathy Yan tells EW. “I had never seen that before, that level of understanding the fashion zeitgeist in a superhero film.” Check out some of Harley Quinn & Co.’s greatest looks ahead — some of which you can score for yourself — to see how Benach combined comic books and wearable fashion to dress a world both heightened and grounded. Let the sartorial mayhem begin!
Costume designer Erin Benach on how she kept Harley Quinn and the Birds looking fly.
