'Buffy the Vampire Slayer''s Costume Designer on the Show's Undying Message of Female Empowerment

Author:Fawnia Soo HooPublish date:Aug 29, 2017Welcome to Pop Culture Week! While you can always find us waxing poetic about the hefty overlap between fashion and pop culture, we're dedicating the next five days to the subject of our favorite music, movies, TV, celebrities, books and theater, and how that all intersects with the fashion industry.

So I tracked down costume designer Cynthia Bergstrom, who handled the characters' formative years from seasons two through six — you know, when Buffy came back from death a second time and the Scooby Gang transitioned into adulthood — or not, in the case of century-old vamps Angel and Spike. Because Buffy had settled into the fact that she was the slayer — and had let go of being the little girl — and really took ownership of who she was and what her purpose was, I wanted to reflect that in the clothes. It was almost like she had her day looks and her evening looks: her school outfits and then her fight outfits. So she had a very distinctive look when she would fight and [it's] what I carried out through all the seasons I did.

I also loved the arc of Willow [Alyson Hannigan]. Willow was this little girl who wore overalls and pink fuzzy sweaters and I have been razzed a little bit about that online. [@BadBuffyOutfits is] like: oh the horrible outfits on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' which cracks me up. It's like, I was dressing a character, you know? I thought it was funny that this woman was going all out, but eventually Willow came into her power as well and that was reflected in her clothing.

There were also pretty memorable costume moments that helped tell the stories on the very iconic episodes. What are your favorite costume moments from the show?

What a time!

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