The Opulent Clothing of ‘Opus’: Costume Designer Shirley Kurata on Ayo Edebiri’s ‘Black Ivy’ Style, Studying Cults and the Pop Stars on Her Moretti Mood Board
variety.comOpus,” A24‘s newest horror-thriller satirizing the media industry and pop culture fandom, opens in a drab, grey conference room as a group of writers at a Rolling Stone-esque music publication pitch their ideas.
Sat squarely in the middle of the room-length table is Ariel (Ayo Edebiri) whose boldly patterned sweater vest and collared shirt stand out among a sea of suits.
She’s one of three women in the room, and the only Black person. She’s also the most stylish. “The inspiration was sort of a cool ‘Black Ivy,’ New York kind of style.
She’s educated,” costume designer Shirley Kurata tells Variety about her inspiration for Ariel, an ambitious Spelman College graduate desperate to make a name for herself within the highly competitive New York media world with a hard-hitting piece of journalism.
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