Dressing the Drama: Giulia Piersanti’s Precision Styling in ‘After the Hunt’

If you come away from watching Luca Guadagnino’s new movie “After the Hunt” inspired to break out your sharpest blazer and white denim, you’re not alone. Costume designer Giulia Piersanti has been hearing nothing but that from people who have seen the film, which tickles her given she based Julia Roberts’ wardrobe on what she sees women actually wearing in real life. “A lot of my research came from working women,” Piersanti says, over a Zoom call last week. “There were reference pictures that I found from women from the ’80s and today, and to me it’s a wardrobe that goes through time. When you say timeless, it’s really quite literally this.” Piersanti, whose day job is head of knitwear for Celine, has done the costumes for close friend Guadagnino for several films now including, “A Bigger Splash,” “Call Me by Your Name,” “Suspiria” and “Bones and All.” The duo teamed back up for Guadagnino’s latest, “After the Hunt,” which stars Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield in a #MeToo-era drama set in the world of academia.   “[Luca] has a way of sucking you into his characters and his story,” Piersanti says. “That always really gets me excited to start and participate in.

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