‘It Ends With Us’ Costume Designer Eric Daman on The Film’s Best Looks and Taking Advantage of Blake Lively’s ‘Incredible’ Closet: ‘She Wanted to Bring in Her Own Things’

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Costume designer Eric Daman last worked with Blake Lively on the set of “Gossip Girl,” where he outfitted Lively’s blonde, tall and effortlessly cool Serena Van der Woodsen for New York City’s upper society.

More than a decade later, and the pair have reunited on the summer’s highly anticipated blockbuster “It Ends With Us,” which despite a darker plot centered around domestic abuse, also features unique, headline-making designer fashion. “Working with Blake, we get to have access to an incredible closet,” Daman tells Variety. “She loves to wear beautiful things.” Many of her character’s most standout looks from the film, such as those crystal mesh YSL boots and that Guest in Residence cami (gifted from Lively’s best friend Gigi Hadid) were taken directly from the actor’s personal wardrobe. “Her shoe closet, I can’t even begin to tell you how amazing it is,” he says. “And she wanted to bring in her own things, and it’s something that we didn’t necessarily do on ‘Gossip Girl,’ but we’ve all grown and changed.” “Often costume designers will take issue with that,” he adds. “I think there might be an ego involved in that.

I don’t have that. I don’t feel that ownership or propriety over the character in that way. I feel like I’m really here as a costume designer to bring the tools and help these actors create the most amazing character possible.