The Last Of Us Reveals Costume Designer Illustrations
Believe it or not, even folks in the zombie apocalypse need fashion guidance. Enter Ann Foley and Imogene Chayes, two clothes designers for Hollywood productions who were responsible for the outfits Ellie, Joel and other characters are wearing in this season of The Last Of Us. As a bit of midseason promotion, HBO shared their sketches with Popgeeks.
Foley is a costume designer and Chayes is a costume concept illustrator — the former thinks up the designs and the latter draws them in detail. Here’s how the characters’ attire got started:
With her dual holsters and powerful rifle, Ellie is not to be messed with. She’s picked out a lovely denim windbreaker and distressed jeans to complement her arm tattoo. Now she’s the Bella Ramsey of the ball!
He may be somewhat older than you saw him last season, but Joel Miller is still the same — a grizzled zombie hunter and fierce protector of Ellie. He’s sporting a colorful sweater overlaid with a furred winter jacket. They seemed to be somewhat estranged in the season premiere. Hmm, wonder if we’ll find out what that’s about…
For those who complain that HBO Abby lacks the musculature of the original, it might’ve started here, with this outfit where you can’t see her arms at all (she’s dressed for the winter, though, we get it). Abbs hasn’t been in every episode, as they’ve chosen to follow the video game plot nearly exactly. This just means there’ll be a lot LOT more of her next time.
There are many dangers our characters face beyond just the infected. The larger territory is currently embroiled in a war between the cult of the Seraphites and the military army WLF. As Ellie witnessed in the most recent episode, if the Seraphites catch you, they gut and hang you at the same time. Although maybe there might be friendly Seraphites out there. Maybe we’ll see some next season.
The Last Of Us currently runs new episodes Sunday nights on HBO.
