![]() "They custom-made the coat based on the symbols that I sent them," she said. I just loved the iconography of it."īenach worked closely with designer Discount Universe to work on the jacket. "We named her roller derby team the Gotham City Flames. "The flames were a consistent icon that I just loved," she added. "I will just say, 'Look for the iconography in that jacket and you will giggle.'" "I dare anyone to try and find more of it," said Benach of symbolism that can be found in Harley's look. She laughed heartily responding that it was "so cool" to hear how we interpreted the look. Insider asked Benach if the flames on the shoulder pads were symbolic of Quinn's rise from the ashes or if we were projecting. It's tough to make out everything from one watch of the movie. Harley is seen at the film's very end wearing a sharp blazer with flames and covered in symbols. Harley drives off in a car sporting her funky, fun blue jacket. "We figured out the fringe and we were like, 'It's just the sleeves and not the body too.' And kind of looks like a bird and it's kind of a party," Benach added. "I loved the sort of click in my and my assistant's brains the moment we figured out how and what we were going to make," she said. "The other part of caution tape is like, 'Don't f- with me,'" said Benach.īenach said this outfit was her favorite one to create. ![]() ![]() Though feeling like a fun party, which is very much in line with Harley's personality, the caution tape is also supposed to add another level of subtext. I'm independent now and I'm going to go party,'" said Benach of the symbolism behind the jacket. "She would be able to maybe make that jacket and come up with that idea and just say, 'I've broken up with The Joker. It made so much sense to me that she would take that symbol and essentially deface it and take it on as her own."īenach said the caution tape wings are supposed to have a do-it-yourself sensibility. "Caution tape is the scene of a crime and the establishment. "Harley, she's anti-establishment," said Benach of the inspiration for the colorful jacket. Harley wears the caution tape jacket with a see-through back early in the film as she blows up Ace Chemicals and then runs through the streets of Gotham City in an attempt to outrun the cops and some of Black Mask's men. Harley debuts a colorful see-through jacket with sleeves covered in fringe in "Birds of Prey." It was just a light bulb moment and then it hit and I told Cathy and Cathy was like, 'Brilliant. "I remember the moment where I just went, 'Oh my God, the best idea is just to take the exact Marilyn outfit and put her in pants, turn it into pants,'" she told Insider. "I was sitting in the Western costume research library, sort of trying to come up with ideas of maybe similar time period design ideas from the Marilyn era," said Benach. Inspiration for the look came to Benach while considering different looks worn by Monroe. "There were talks of it being something totally different and new, like way more Harley." "It wasn't even really on the page or decided amongst us that it would be the same Marilyn outfit," said Benach. ![]() When Black Mask interrogates Harley she drifts off into a quick musical number featuring her character dressed up like Marilyn Monroe's character from 1953's "Gentleman Prefer Blondes." Instead of a full pink gown, Harley has an updated version of the outfit with pants. Harley Quinn channels her inner Marilyn Monroe in "Birds of Prey" during a dream sequence. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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