From stealth wealth to ‘orgiastic madness’: Style rules in Industry’s finance world

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The costume designer behind hit HBO show Industry breaks down its fashion choices.

Shorts and sneakers may be a common sight in the relaxed world of post-COVID office dressing, but you wouldn’t know it from watching an episode ofThe hit HBO show, now in its third season, follows a group of ambitious graduates vying for success in the world of finance.Mickey Down, the show’s co-creator who drew from his former life in the finance world, has spoken about the importance of fashion in crafting the, “I had visions of Hermès ties and nice suits.

Take, for example, actor Myha’la’s character Harper Stern. The merciless American transplant with a penchant for insider trading is chameleon-like in her style. “Harper takes cues from them about how they navigate the world stylistically – what things matter to them or don’t. And Petra makes a comment about liking nice things and not being ashamed of it. And this is the first time, really, that Harper has been able to do that.”, but class is what really counts. Having money is one thing.

“We thought about that a lot with the actors – would this be what they choose to wear for where they want to go, rather than where they are now? – because that’s a lot of what this season ofBy contrast, Sir Henry Muck, the old money start-up founder of Lumi, portrayed by Kit Harrington, is already where he wants to be. He has what Smith calls a “Johnsonian” approach to dressing, referring to the former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his dishevelled styling of expensive suits.

“All of those things were very particular stylistic choices you made to locate those people in an unspoken hierarchy. If you frequent those places, you understand the language of those items.”Anchoring her stylistic choices this season was a painting, says Smith. Throughout the season we see flashbacks to publishing heiress Yasmin Kara-Hanani’s summer spent on her namesake yacht, The Lady Yasmin, from which her father mysteriously disappears.

 

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