Linings are important. They are a peak into the private space of a character or garment. In the case of Agatha’s coat, I wanted to design something that would be a pictorial history and prophecy of Agatha’s character arc within the show. I knew we might only glimpse it on camera and so it in truth… I made it for Kathryn. By creating a complex and private art piece that only we might know is there, it became my personal spell I was casting for her to “have a good show.”
It starts with a murder of crows gathering in a chaotic cloud up behind her shoulders. They begin to dive down and pour themselves into columns in each of the skirt panels and as they fall, their bodies transform into protection runes. They collect near the hem organizing themselves into elaborate sigils, each one telling part of her story. I asked my costume graphics designer @sergiomechoulam to pull lots of inspiration from Norse symbology.
Each of the skirt panels contains 1 talisman from left to right:
amhrancas 