Visiting the island from the West Coast, uptight Will doesn’t offer the warmest welcome when he first meets the Tuna Walk guys.
“With the Ocean Walk boys, we wanted to show constant changes of clothing where you never really saw the same outfit worn more than once,” Tabbert explained. He’s sort of like a rich, brunette golden retriever.Ĭharlie dresses in brands including Polo Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Vineyard Vines, Sperry Topsiders, and Rowing Blazers. A sweet but oblivious doctor and best friend to Will, he’s more open to the Fire Island experience and immediately sparks a connection with Howie. If you close your eyes and think of someone whose family vacations (yes, “vacations” as a verb) on Martha’s Vineyard, Charlie is right on the money. Left to right: James Scully as Charlie, Nick Adams as Cooper, and Conrad Ricamora as Will. “Tomás is from Staten Island, and as a little shout-out we turned a Staten Island bike-racing shirt into a crop top and put them in a harness singlet with a little bag the size of an Airpod case,” Tabbert said.Īlso very important: their high-heeled platform boots are Jessica Simpson. The character also has the honor of wearing one of Tabbert’s favorite costumes: Keegan’s ensemble for the underwear party. Keegan also stunts when it comes to headwear, sporting pieces such as a Telfar durag and a crown from Jimaye. Never without their Edgar Posa pearls and “sissy” nameplate necklace, Keegan manifests their unapologetic sense of freedom in their looks. Their combined energy is best illustrated during a round of “Heads Up!” when they flawlessly reenact Marisa Tomei’s biological-clock monologue from My Cousin Vinny. Keegan and Luke are the campy, queer version of the Wonder Twins. In the end, we wanted to show he played it safer.”Ĭostume designer David Tabbert (left) and Tomás Matos (right) on the set of Fire Island. “We wanted to show there was some hesitation there,” Tabbert explained. At the actual party, however, he shows up in far less revealing shorts. When the group prepares for the underwear party, Howie gets caked up in red-and-white underwear with a cut-out in the back. Tabbert also used different necklines to show Howie’s changing levels of comfort: crew-neck shirts when he’s feeling guarded and tank tops when he’s more confident. Short-sleeve button-downs from Bonobos and Saturdays NYC work almost as a “security blanket” for him, frequently paired with Parke and Ronen shorts. The inverse to Noah’s confidence, Howie’s insecurity is accented with an abundance of practical overshirts. A hopeless romantic in the body of a freelance graphic designer living in San Francisco, Howie craves a love with grand gestures and kisses in the rain. Noah’s friendship with Howie is one forged through working drunk brunch shifts together in their 20s and mutual solidarity as Asian men in the gay community. Swiader, Double Scorpio, Telfar, Patrick Church, and more. The Fire Island crew was often dressed in R. Tabbert also wanted to tout queer designers. Especially important was defining his approach to the film’s portrayals of class and delineating between our protagonist’s group of friends (budget queens who met working at a Williamsburg brunch spot) and the wealthy guys (a doctor, a lawyer, and a brand manager, the three rich gay jobs) they meet while going out, who are staying in a luxurious Ocean Walk house.
With the film’s script in hand, he thought about how he packs for his own getaways: swimsuits that double as shorts, layers that can be thrown on easily. Tabbert himself has been going to Fire Island since his 20s.
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When dressing a movie about a place where many don’t wear much in the summer, costume designer David Tabbert treated each character’s wardrobe as an accent “to the scenes and emotions,” he told Vulture. Just moments after their ferry sets course for the Pines, gaggles of gays pull off their shirts in preparation for the promised land. It’s a modern interpretation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice but with poppers and OnlyFans references, directed by Andrew Ahn and co-starring Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho. Fire Island follows a group of queer besties on their yearly trip of beach, boys, and tea. So it goes too for Fire Island, the new romantic comedy (streaming on Hulu now) written by and starring Joel Kim Booster.
Home to underwear parties and the Meat Rack, the gay haven known as Fire Island is largely clothing optional.