It's little wonder, then, that Jones doesn't dedicate much thought to her clothes. Instead, she wears pretty much the same outfit throughout the latest TV binge-fest, "Jessica Jones," now streaming on Netflix.
"That's her character," says Stephanie Maslansky, who also created most of the costumes for "Daredevil." "She really doesn’t give a shit." Actress Krysten Ritter, of "Veronica Mars" and "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 43" fame, perfectly embodies the traumatized, conflicted, but still ass-kicking Jones. And she wears her lived-in look just as skillfully.
Ironically, for a person who probably doesn't have a subscription to Vogue, Jones and her evil-fighting "uniform" are actually quite on-trend. The hunt for the perfect superhero moto-jacket culminated in a wardrobe staple that any self-respecting fashion girl would have in her closet. "It was a stripped-down version of last year's Acne leather motorcycle jacket," Maslansky says. "The bells and whistles and any additional superfluous design details were removed. Jessica's character has a certain simplicity in her look." Then, the Acne jacket — or jackets because there were at least 10 multiples — were made to look as if Jessica picked them up at a local Goodwill. "They were really sanded and scrubbed and alcohol was applied to take the shine off," Maslansky says. "Silver snaps were scratched and rubbed to make it look as though it was a really, really old jacket."
"At a certain point, Citizens of Humanity stopped making the jeans!" the costume designer laughs. "We had to go on Amazon.com and we found more and we just bought every pair there was."
In the comics, Kilgrave is known as The Purple Man, who is indeed head-to-toe shades of aubergine. But a clownish purple outfit, plus full-on face and body makeup, would just be jarring within the more grounded Marvel small screen world. So the bad guy's signature hue was subtly incorporated into scenes with forebodingly tinted lighting. As for his outfits, "we wanted to find a place where we could utilize clothing in shades of purple, but not go so over the top that it would look silly and that he would stop feeling ominous or menacing," explains Maslansky. She originally thought she'd be custom-making all his eggplant-hued clothing, but, "we were very fortunate to find that last season, designer Paul Smith was all about purple."
With such a killer look (pun intended), no wonder Kilgrave feels comfortable passing judgement on Jessica's outfit choices. In a flashback scene of their first meeting, he chides the budding superhero for her "appalling sense of fashion." While Maslansky couldn't exactly put Jessica into a terrible outfit, she did have to follow the script. "We had to create a look that was similar to how [Jessica] dresses in current times, but is a little more hopeful and different enough so we know that it’s a flashback." Hence, she used another pair of Citizens of Humanity jeans in a faded black wash, coupled with an All Saints denim jacket and lace-up Frye boots.
Now, if followers of Jessica Jones from the comic books are holding out for that white jumpsuit with the metallic blue piping and bejeweled belt, don't despair. No spoilers here, but do keep a lookout for a pretty perfect "gift to the fans." Although, let's be honest: This Jessica Jones superhero outfit will make for the easiest Halloween costume come October 31, 2016.
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