Costume designer Mona May on creating the iconic looks of 'Clueless', and more


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It has been 25 years since 'Clueless' came out, but the film's fashion is still regarded as decade-defining. Photo: Instagram/@itsmonamay

"'You are one of the few designers that can open a movie'," costumer Mona May recalls Happy Madison co-founder Jack Giarraputo once telling her.

Perhaps no appraisal can sum up the fashion design-trained May's auteur-like contribution to cinema as succinctly.

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