“We really try to be as detailed as possible with every character.”
2017 – Calgary Herald: Here’s how Calgary costume designer Carol Case helped create Fargo’s quirky look
“When Noah and I first spoke, he said he wanted the mutants to look like a Sixties rock band, so The Kinks, The Who, etc. were a big inspiration.”
2017 – Pret-a-Reporter: The Most Stylish Male Characters on TV
“I am always excited when people notice that [the Legion costume design] is of no particular time.”
2017 – urthave.com: An Exclusive Interview with Legion Costume Designer Carol Case
“It was fun taking a retro silhouette and rebuilding it in a more modern fabric, or taking vintage pieces and styling them with modern ones.”
2017 – Racked: Legion’s Costume Designer on Mixing ’60s Vintage with Futuristic Flair
“The Vietnam War was just over and America was opening to that whole corporate world. So I think they were several years back in fashion.”
2015 – Calgary Herald: Fargo fashions: How 1979 wardrobe makes the man, and woman, in Alberta-shot dark comedy
“It’s actually the 1970s, as opposed to fashion 1970s. It adjusts your point of view to something more about real life, how people wore clothes in an era.”
2015 – The Guardian: Berets and crimplene: analysing the style of Fargo series 2
“It was a good collaboration between the two of us. I would send pictures back and forth, and we would talk about things that worked for both of us.”
2015 – Vogue: Fargo’s Costume Designer on Turning Kirsten Dunst Into a Small-Town ’70s Hairdresser
“I spent a lot of time looking at old catalogues and old family photographs because we wanted her to be the most fashion-forward of your cousins in that photograph.”
2015 – WhoWhatWear: Why Kirsten Dunst Could Be TV’s New Style Icon
“Fashion is available at a click nowadays, but it wasn’t possible for people to do that in the ‘70s. They had to make more of an effort.”
2015 – InStyle: Everything You Need to Know About Kirsten Dunst’s ’70s-Inspired Costumes on Fargo
“A lot of our break down is painted on, but it still takes a while for the clothes to get that wonderful patina from the mud bog days … I never think the clothes look right until we let the mud do its job as much as we can.”
2014 – Hollywood Reporter: Is ‘Hell On Wheels’ the Filthiest Western Ever Made?
“The actors and I work together as a team. I certainly consider their thoughts and ideas about the characters because in the end, they are those characters.”
2014 – AMC: Hell on Wheels Q&A – Carol Case (Costume Designer)
“You want to keep as close to the historical aspect of it, but also give it a modern sensibility.”
2012 – Metro: Making Hell on Wheels look good
“The cultures are quite different, really. Colors, kinds of beading, and patterns are very specific to each tribe so we try to be as authentic as we can within our constraints.”
2012 – AMC: Q&A – Carol Case (Costume Designer)