{"id":1949607,"date":"2026-05-22T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1949607"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:00:24","slug":"the-fashion-in-i-love-boosters-has-a-wildly-fun-important-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1949607","title":{"rendered":"The Fashion In I Love Boosters Has A Wildly Fun & Important Message"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Fashion In I Love Boosters <\/em>Has A Wildly Fun & Important Message<\/h1>\n
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NYLON talks to costume designer Shirley Kurata about color matching, Harajuku ravers, and the brilliance of Boots Riley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBoosting\u201d might sound like something you do to your social media profile or using a car seat for a toddler, but its roots on the street have a completely different meaning. The wacky, wild world of filmmaker Boots Riley explores \u201cboosting,\u201d or shoplifting with the intent to resell at a lower price, in I Love Boosters<\/em>, the raucous science-fiction-dramedy movie releasing on May 22. Keke Palmer<\/a> is Corvette, a wannabe fashion designer and ringleader of the boosting group that includes Sade (Naomi Ackie<\/a>) and Mariah (Taylour Paige<\/a>), and what starts out as a movie about boosting turns into a trip down the rabbit hole of class consciousness, literal and figurative demons, and the exploitation of fast-fashion workers.<\/p>\n

The wild ride is matched handily by its costumes, which were executed by Shirley Kurata. Kurata is an in-demand costumer for film \u2014 when we spoke on the phone, she was dialing in from Kyoto after wrapping on Takashi Miike\u2019s untitled movie starring Charli xcx<\/a> \u2014 and has received an Academy Award nomination for her work on Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em>. The world of sci-fi weirdness was not new to her, nor was scrounging together looks for some 200 extras for the finale scene. Without spoiling too much, mega-designer and enemy to boosters everywhere Christie Smith (Demi Moore<\/a>) hosts a fashion show that on its surface is about plurality and community, but has a darker underbelly that Corvette and her ragtag gang of boosters are out to expose. <\/p>\n

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Kurata had creative freedom during the best fashion montage in a movie this year (sorry, The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a><\/em>), where the boosters slipped into various disguises for their stealing pleasure, and Kurata tells NYLON it was her favorite part of working on the film. Elsewhere, we see the Pinky Ring Man (LaKeith Stanfield<\/a>) give his best Prince by way of \u201880s Oakland power-suit man in a litany of colors, which matched up with the worlds Christie Smith dreamed up with her brand, Metro Designs. Each Metro Designs store sells clothing in one specific shade, whether sickly electric green or mustard yellow, which proved to be the most difficult when sourcing, Kurata says. <\/p>\n

For all its fun and gags (I won\u2019t spoil the wacky third act featuring Don Cheadle), I Love Boosters<\/em> has a serious message at heart, as Kurata says: \u201cArt is important. It’s something that can save humanity, but we also have to be responsible about how we do it, and how we treat each other.\u201d Below, we talked about finding a rainbow of clothing for 200 extras, expectations versus reality on set, and the power of fashion as art.<\/p>\n

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