“How do you reinterpret something that’s already been done?” That’s the question “ Bugonia ” costume designer Jennifer Johnson asked herself when she began working on the Yorgos Lanthimos film.

Johnson is no stranger to contemporary costuming, having worked with Lanthimos on his previous, present-day set feature “Kinds of Kindness.” But “Bugonia” introduced new challenges. Johnson spoke with WWD about working on the director’s latest, starring Emma Stone , Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis.

For Johnson, “Bugonia,” an English-language, contemporary reimagining of the 2003 South Korean film “Save the Green Planet!” by filmmaker Jang Joon-hwan, had to feel tangible. “It was really important for Yorgos that it feel more realistic initially; that we play it a little straight.”

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