Tom Ford's Go-To Costume Designer on His New Film, ‘Nocturnal Animals,’ Dressing Amy Adams, and Why Presentation Is Everything

It’s only fitting that the leading lady in Tom Ford’s second directorial endeavor would frolic around onscreen in a variety of high-end threads. You’d expect nothing less from the fashion guru turned director. But a closer look at Amy Adams’s overly pristine and buttoned-up wardrobe provides a telling glimpse into the heated psychological journey that her character is about to embark upon. And that was intentional. Arianne Phillips, the costume designer behind Nocturnal Animals, had all that in mind when she was creating the clothes for Adams’s character. ...