One change in Joel's costume design from "The Last of Us" Season 1 to Season 2 is that he tucks his shirts in now "like a dad would."

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She continued, saying, "They have such a great understanding of these characters, so it's always important to me to hear what they have to say and give them a voice in the fitting room. There's always wonderful conversations to be had with the cast."

The tucked-in shirts are also meant to mirror Tommy, who is also a dad and leader in Jackson. Ann explained, "Tommy is the pillar of the community now, and sort of in charge with Maria, and Tommy's always got his shirts tucked in."

Ann explained, "The jacket was really the only piece from Season 1 that made it. I felt like that was an iconic character piece to Joel, and it's something that the audience was going to remember."

"When we saw in the script that it was going to be a jacket, we knew it had to be THAT jacket," Ann added.

"Seeing that progression in one episode from Ellie as a 14-year-old turning 15-year-old teenager to a 19-year-old young woman," she continued. "So the pants are baggier, the T-shirts are longer and a little bit baggier. Then, as Ellie starts to grow up and become an adult, the jeans are a little slimmer in shape, the T-shirts are shorter in the body, even the hem on the T-shirt is a little bit shorter, and the silhouette of the shirts that she wears is also a little bit slimmer. So it's little things like that that help to show that age progression."

She added, "I felt it was really important to show, like, the similarity between Joel and Ellie in their clothes and the things that they choose."

Ann added, "I wanted there to be a sharp contrast between the two."

Ann added, "When we knew it was going to be the Converse, that's when I went to Craig Mazin [the show's co-creator], and I said, 'I would really love to have some doodles on the shoes, and I would love to give a pair to Bella, see what they would do with them.' And he was also on board with that idea."

She continued, saying, "I felt like it wasn't really, in a weird way, I know this is going to sound strange, but it kind of didn't feel like it was my business. It felt like as long as it was true to who Ellie was for Bella, then I was fine with it. It became something very personalized that Bella got to do with their costume."

Ann also joked, "I mean, listen, as a costume designer, when I see that in the script that Ellie is wearing Converse in the snow, I'm like, this is just me as a costume designer, I'm like, 'Really?!'"

She continued, saying, "That scene is so gorgeous, and it's right out of the game. I really felt it was important to try to stay as true to not only the colors that the characters were wearing in the game, but also the silhouette. This is an iconic look for Ellie, and we want it to stay as true to that iconic look as possible."

Speaking about working with the props department on creating the iconic bracelet, Ann said, "I knew Nevin [Swain, prop master for Season 2] was a genius when it came to creating these props. So he had somebody who built the bracelet for us. I loved this bracelet. When I was starting prep on the show early, early on, I remember having a conversation with my friend's 16-year-old daughter, and she said, 'You have to promise me, Aunt Ann, that Dina's bracelet is going to make it into the show. Just please promise me.' And I was like, 'Okay, I promise it will.'"

She continued, saying, "So it was really important to me to make sure I got that right for Noah because she was so passionate about it. Of course, it's a big part of the story as well, so there was no way it wasn't going to make it into the game, but the fact that Noah brought that to my attention made it even more special to me."

She added, "My team, my breakdown team, who are all incredible artists, hand-screened the stripes onto a T-shirt."

She said there were discussions about the fact that Aviator Nation didn't exist prior to the outbreak in The Last of Us. She said, "We discussed the fact that the Aviator Nation did not exist in our timeline. But as Craig and Neil have always said, it's all about serving the story, and what serves the story best, just like the Pearl Jam song 'Future Days.' That serves the story, doesn't matter if it was in our timeline or not. We had similar discussions about this jacket. It just felt like Dina."

She continued, saying, "We wanted to try to find that perfect green that would look great in the forest, that would separate her enough so that you can see her. But also, so she kind of blends in a little bit, because that makes sense for who Ellie is."

Explaining how the costume department made the jackets, Ann said, "We found the fabric. We stripped the fabric, overdyed the fabric, splayed into the fabric, and then the fabric goes to the workroom. They build the shell. Then, when the shell is done, it goes back to breakdown, where they wash it down to get those really great faded edges."

She continued, saying, "Then it goes back to the workroom, where it's waterproofed, and then all the other things are added, like the fake fur that we used on the hood. Then once it's built completely, it goes back into breakdown for its final aged look, where they add dirt and grime and anything else that might need to go on there to make it look 20 years old."

Ann recalled, "In the game, everybody's wearing lightweight jackets. I remember having this conversation with Ashley Swidowski, who's one of the game designers at Naughty Dog, and we talked about it, and we were like, 'This is great for the game, but not great in real life. So we're going to have to make these changes.' So everybody got parkas."

Ann elaborated, saying, "We chose to go with a T-shirt here, just for practical reasons on set and for everything that was happening. Those were also larger conversations that we all had about, okay, this is what it was in the game, but we might need to shift it a little bit just because of weather, locations, the practicality, what we happen to be shooting. But still trying to stay true to the essence of the original look in the game."

Ann explained, "I believe in the script, it even said as a note in there, 'When Ellie is trying to focus on who just came in, she thinks for a moment that that's Joel.' So we went down to even the tape on his boots, similar to the tape that Joel had on his boots in Season 1. Jesse had on a plaid shirt, and it was tucked in like Joel would tuck his shirts in. So it's little subtle, Easter eggs like that that trick the audience a little bit into going, Oh, my god. Could that be Joel? That was the point, wanting the audience to have the same reaction that Ellie is having."

The color red for Tommy also carries through in his Seattle look, which we see in the Season 2 finale. Ann explained, "I wanted to follow through with that color palette, but it's a little bit darker for Seattle, and keep him in that red. So we found this really great wax canvas that we broke down that had a deep burgundy color to it, and then made this wonderful jacket that had a leather collar. So it's kind of waterproof, but it still stays true to his color palette that we sort of set at the beginning. Again, it was custom-made for him, and I loved this follow-through of his winter jacket had red in it, and I wanted the Seattle jacket to have red in it."

She explained, "Every single one of them has a different look to them, because it was important to give them a little backstory of who this person was before they got bitten. So you're gonna see a lot more color and texture in them. These were people before they got bitten. So we wanted to show that but specifically for Jackson."

She continued, saying, "We needed them to stand out from the snow, so there is a lot more color and a lot more texture, so that they don't just disappear into the blizzard, and you do see them stand out a little bit more. But in Seattle, we're in a different environment as well."

Ann explained, "Barrie and his team are absolutely brilliant, and they create all of those cordyceps pieces for us that go into the clothes. Their shop was right next door to our shop, so there was a lot of conversation and a lot of working together to try to make all that happen and make it as seamless as possible."

She continued, saying, "The color of the cordyceps changed a little bit from the cordyceps in the snow in Jackson. Also, it's a lot wetter in Seattle, so that part was really interesting as well. Like doing that integration of the cordyceps into the clothes, and seeing the cordyceps break down the weave of the cloth in the clothing."

"That was one of my favorite moments of the season, I think," Ann began. "It was stunningly beautiful. The workmanship and the craftsmanship that went into that were absolutely next level."