Watching 'Do Revenge' feels a little like cradling the socio-politically conscious lovechild of 'The Craft', 'Clueless', 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion'.
. And it was these films that came to mind when the film’s costume designer, Alana Morshead, was shown the script by her agent last spring. “We really wanted to do a version of those films,” she explains, “to make them current but still have those throwback moments.”is a self-referential smörgåsbord of Easter eggs. When offered a tour of the school’s social groups, Eleanor replies for us all: “I mean, as a disciple of the ’90s teen movie, I would be offended if I didn’t get one.
” Ten points to you if you got theThe bold look that Morshead made for Eleanor, played by Maya Hawke, made from zippers and lamé.But while Morshead does hark back to Hollywood heritage – there’s enough marabou trim inMichele satisfied – she crucially twisted those expected tropes into something that feels starkly modern. For instance, the students of Rosehill Country Day wear a uniform of capes, berets, bow ties and sweater vests, in hues of lilac and mint.