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HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U

“It was amazing. Our costume designer, Whitney Adams is just the best human being in the world. She has incredible style and she put me in things that I was like ‘can I just take this home?’ It was also really fun because not only are we exploring Tree’s wardrobe in a new way, we’re also exploring alternate Tree’s wardrobe. That’s one of the incredible things about what we do: every single person, whether it’s the costume designer, the lighting designer or the set deck, influences the choices that we make”
— Jessica Rothe

Dead Meat: Kill Count — Happy Death Day 2U

James gives Whitney a great shout out at 10:30! Thanks James!

Happy Death Day 2U Premiere Screening in Los Angeles

I made my own outfit for the event out of Liberty of London french terry fleece!

Visual Hollywood: HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U (2019) Production Notes

Excerpts from the press release blow:

For costume designer Whitney Anne Adams, who is new to the franchise, there was no way that a sequel to Happy Death Day would go into production without her participation. "I saw the first film in the theater and absolutely loved it," she says. "It combined three of my favorite films: Groundhog Day, Clueless and Scream. I'm a sucker for anything having to do with time travel and/or horror, so I jumped at the chance to interview when my agent gave me the script. It's an incredible part two and takes the story in directions I never could have guessed."

From the start, the designer felt fortunate that she and her director were on the same page, finding Landon's "impeccable taste and style" complemented his ability to "make hard decisions quickly." She says: "Chris was an absolute dream. Every time I would present fitting or research photos, we would both end up picking the same one as our favorite."

Rothe was in almost every scene of the first film, but now that Landon has expanded Tree's universe, other actors were able to do some heavy lifting. That said, Rothe worked just as exhaustingly as she did in Happy Death Day. For the designer, the collaboration with the film's lead was an exciting time. "Jess is now one of my favorite people in the whole world," Adams says. "Not only is she an incredibly talented actor, she's so fun and kind; it was a joy getting to spend hours together trying to pick out her many outfits and discuss how Tree would put each outfit together. Everything looks good on her, so it was a challenge to whittle down the choices to our favorites. We get to peek into her closet more this time, and her clothes help show how she is evolving as a person from the beginning of the first film."

A former competitive player, Adams went back to her roots as she designed the competing basketball teams' jerseys. "I came up with a long list of names for the opposing team, and I am so glad Chris chose the Tritons-as that is the mascot for my alma mater, UC San Diego. As a little surprise, I snuck in the last names of many of the crew members on to the backs of the jerseys. I gave Chris No. 1 as our fearless leader and Jason lucky number 13, in honor of Blumhouse's horror background. I also gave the player with my last name on his jersey the number 22, which was both my dad's and my number when we each played in high school.

Not only human performers found themselves the subject of Adams' painstaking attention to detail. "I brought my cat, Xander, with me to New Orleans while we were filming, and I am happy to report that he makes his feature film debut in Happy Death Day 2U in a small moment." She ends: "Keep your eye out for his cameo."