This season of This Close focused on the two leads finding themselves, their authentic selves. As a design concept, I wanted their clothes to reflect their inner turmoil and eventually feel like a return to who we established them to be in season 1, but with a little more growth and sophistication. For Michael, initially, he was trying to be this trophy husband, dressing more like his pretty boy hubby Ryan. We kicked off the season with brighter colors and more prints but ended the season with more subdued, quieter, emotional looks that really represented Michael’s character. Kate searches for herself in her work and at first I put her in more modern pieces and then gradually incorporated more vintage and sentimentally unique pieces for her as she rediscovers her authentic self. This season highlights included fantastic featured cast with a return on Cheryl Hines as Stella, Marcia Cross as Kate’s mother and Lisa Rinna as Ryan’s trophy wife mother. One of the my personal favorite scenes to design was “Wigmitton”. A scene this series does so well: couples heartfelt, gritty, dark emotion with laugh out loud escapades.