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Costume designer Lorraine Carson breaks down Lara Jean’s evolving style, senior year milestones, and NYU-ready wardrobe.

The key to an immortal teen rom-com often lies in the wardrobe: think Cher Horowtiz’s yellow plaid or Molly Ringwald’s penchant for pink. Throughout Netflix’s To All the Boys trilogy, Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) has demonstrated her dedication to the genre while becoming a style star in her own right. She might look to movies for romantic inspiration, but when it comes to her closet, Lara Jean mixes and matches vintage with off-the-rack pieces in a soft color palette dominated by blue, yellow, and pink. Not all her fashion choices are set in stone, however—college is looming and this is a senior year packed with uncertainty and experimentation, including what to wear to prom.

Milestone moments shape Lara Jean’s To All the Boys: Always and Forever wardrobe, including a Seoul family vacation, the New York City senior trip, and a backyard wedding. “The whole series of books and films is a coming-of-age,” costume designer Lorraine Carson tells ELLE.com during a day off from working on Netflix’s upcoming dramedy Maid. “Rather than doing things for everyone else, she had the epiphany of doing things for her. That was a very important part of the storyline for me.” While Rafaella Rabinovich served as designer for the first TATB film, Carson took over for the sequel P.S. I Love You and the final installment, and tailored changes to signify Lara Jean’s journey from high schooler to college student in the third film. Peter (Noah Centino) is heading to Stanford, but will his girlfriend embrace the West Coast college’s signature cardinal, or is another hue on the cards?

Here, Carson discusses the teenager’s arc, the eclectic inspiration for her BFF Chris (Madeleine Arthur), and the look that signifies the future for Lara Jean.

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