Anya Taylor-Joy

As "Amsterdam" hits theaters, TZR chats with the film's costume designer, J.R. Hawbaker, about dressing Margot Robbie, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Taylor Swift.

“I always wanted to keep the crown, the halo look of royalty — and loyalty — and she wears it so well,” says McCoy-Bell. “It’s almost like a uniform,” says Fischer, who exactly matched the lip shades to Libby’s costumes, like MAC Creemsheen Lipstick in [Dare](https://www.maccosmetics.com/product/13854/36169/products/makeup/lips/lipstick/cremesheen-lipstick) for her intro. “She’s adhering to societal fashion in the most elegant and aspirational way that only that level of society can achieve: velvet, silk, silk velvet — all the luxe fabrics,” says Hawbaker. Valerie’s screen siren waves, tied into a low chignon at the nape of her neck, exemplifying her return to happy times with Harold and Burt. “Margot and I joked [about it] and we called it a ‘Society of the Scarf,’” says Hawbaker, who happened to have a large sunburst patterned and fringe shawl in Robbie’s wardrobe. “I call it a ‘sanguine’ color, like the deep blood red,” says Hawbaker. Hawbaker recalls running up to Robbie with a large scarf and a grand idea the night before shooting: “‘Margot, tomorrow this is going to be a dress,’ and she went, ‘Great. ‘They're really the wild innovative roar in response to traditional artistic format,” says Hawbaker. “I got a Taylor Swift concert, like a private concert, while she was practicing a song that David just handed her that morning.” “[Swift and I] really wanted to just push the faux elements,” says Hawbaker. Hawbaker, because the casting of the “All Too Well” singer happened as filming was underway. [Taylor Swift](https://www.thezoereport.com/culture/taylor-swift-2022-vmas), in period costume, [breaks into a tune](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/christian-bale-talks-singing-with-taylor-swift-on-amsterdam-1235230829/) in the ’30s-set dark comedy-mystery Amsterdam.