We caught up with The Bling Ring costume designer Stacey Battat to chat about everything from the stolen designer gear (lots of Louis Vuitton and Dior) to recreating the celebrity targets' homes to luxurious perfection. Read on.
Costume-wise, Sofia Coppola's forthcoming film The Bling Ring is quite a departure from her other films. While most of her characters (excluding Marie Antoinette) tend to go with the understated, less is more aesthetic Coppola herself favors, The Bling Ring's teen thieves dress like the spoiled celebrity wannabes they are. V spoke with the film's costume designer Stacey Battat, who also outfitted the cast of Coppola's last film Somewhere and we got a look at the interview. Read on.